The Daily GK: 11 March 2012

Article 143 : President could seek clarifications from the Supreme Court on its judgements on issues of public interest
Pranab Mukherjee : Union Finance Minister
DK Mittal : Finance Secretary
Gordon Charles Pereira : Captain of MV Prabhu Daya, the ship that is believed to be involved in a mid-sea collision with trawler boats off shore of Kerala
Mao Xinyu : Major General of China's People Liberation Army (PLA) & only living grandson of the legendary Mao Zedong
Mulayam Singh, whose Samajwadi Party won polls in Uttar Pradesh, handed over the reins to his son Akhilesh Yadav and he was elected leader of the party

T Subbarami Reddy : Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests

Examined "Nuclear Safety Regulatory Bill"
Suggested establishment of a Council of Nuclear Safety (CNS) to oversee & review nuclear policies

The nation is planning to buy 6000 acres of land in Fiji's main island for about $9.6mn to move its entire 103,000 population since the nation is in fear that the rising water levels could completely wash away the nation

Russians gets out on streets demanding new polls and against the PM Vladimir Putin's election as President
Afghan-US sign deal on US's Parwan prison handover to Afghanistan

Ban Ki-Moon : UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan : Special envoy of the UN Secretary-General
Sergei Lavrov : Russian Foreign Minister
FOREX Reserves decline to $294.99bn
Service Tax department fetches tax notice to Jet Airways to pay up about Rs.69 crore as dues
Pulok Chatterjee : Principal Secretary to PM
Navratna Ahmedabad's Vinod Kumar, Vikrant Chopra & Mithun Perera win the inaugural Louis Philippe Cup Golf
ITF Futures Singles Tennis : Sanam Singh bt Saketh Myneni
MSLTA $10000 ITF Women's Championship : Dalila Jakupovic (Slovenia) bt Peangtarn Plipuech (Thailand) @ Aurangabad
Jose Mourinho : Real Madrid Football Club's Coach

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