13 March 2012
- Arun Jaitley : Rajya Sabha Opposition Leader
- Nexavar : Cancer treatment drug
- Bayer, a German multinational holds the patent of the drug that costs it Rs.2.84lakh now
- Natco, an Indian company awarded compulsory license under Section 84 of Indian Patent Act to manufacture the drug which will make it available for Rs.8,880
- Gordon Charles Pereira : Captain of MV Prabhu Daya that is detained for colliding fishing vessel off coast Kerala
- Sharad Pawar : Union Agriculture Minister
- Rahul Khullar : Commerce Secretary
- Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation offered 1% discount in Property tax for households that install solid-waste treatment plants
- A separate department for differently-abled persons proposed by President Pratibha Patil : Department of Disability Affairs
- National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) soon to become National Health Mission to extend health care to urban areas too
- Vijay Bahuguna : Former High Court Judge named Uttarakhand CM
- Akhilesh Yadav : Uttar Pradesh CM-designate
- Homs : City in Syria where brutal civilian killings by government forces took place
- Bashar al-Assad : Syrian President
- Gen John Allen : Commander of International Security Assistance Force
- Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
- Martin Dempsey : US Joint Chief of Staffs
- Hamid Karzai : Afghanistan President
- John Compton : Newly elected President of PepsiCo
- So far the top position in PepsiCo was held by CEO, Indira Nooyi
- Now it has created a new position in the hierarchy to address investor concerns and global challenges
- Industrial growth surges to 6.8% in January 2012 from 2.5% of December 2011
- Manufacturing posts 8.5% growth
- Pranab Mukherjee : Union Finance Minister
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia : Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
- Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines owes Bank of Scotland $21.6m in overdue lease payments
- L&T Finance Holdings Ltd (LTFH) to acquire Indo Pacific Housing Finance (IPHF) marking its entry into housing finance business
- N Sivaraman : President & Wholetime Director of LTFH
- YM Deosthalee : CMD of LTFH
- GAIL India to commission 1967MW LNG Terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra by April
- BC Tripathi : CMD of GAIL India
- Rajiv Kumar : Secretary-General FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry)
- PC Cyriac :Chairman of Federal Bank
- Shyam Srinivasan : MD & CEO of Federal Bank
- Asian 20km Race Walking Championships : @ Nomi City, Japan
- Gurmeet Singh won Silver
- Baljinder Singh who finished 6th wins a ticket to London Olympics
- Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona scored his 50th club goal of the season
- Rajiv Shukla : Chairman Indian Premier League (IPL)
- Haroon Lorgat : CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC)
- Sharmila Tagore : UNICEF's National Goodwill Ambassador
- "No SEZ status for Infosys in West Bengal" : Mamata Banerjee, CM of West Bengal
- 20lakh bogus ration cards seized in West Bengal
- Jyotipriya Mullick : Food Minister of West Bengal
- Anjana Thomas : 8th class student entered the Indian Book of Records by performing Kuchipudi dance from Timmapur to Siddipet, in Andhra Pradesh, starting at 5am she danced until 1pm
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