14 March 2012

• Gordon Charles Pereira : Captain of MV Prabhu Daya, the vessel suspected to be involved in collision with fishing boat off coast Kerala that led to death of 5 fishermen, arrested by Kerala Police
• UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution against Sri Lanka on Violation of Human Rights in the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
• Indian Houses of Parliament disrupted as members of both houses erupted demanding that India should support the resolution
• India-Sri Lanka is currently under reconciliation process under the Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report that the Indian Government wishes to remain engaged with Sri Lanka rather than acting against them
• Pranab Mukherjee : Union Finance Minister
• SM Krishna : Union External Affairs Minister
• Hamid Ansari : Chairman of Rajya Sabha (Vice-President of India)
• PK Bansal : Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister
• Mayawati : Former Uttar Pradesh CM
• Her declared wealth jumped to Rs.111.64 crore, 25% rise in past two years
• C Chandramouli : Registrar-General &Census Commissioner of India
• Census of India's Houselisting and Housing 2011 reveals that well over half of Indian households own a telephone, but don't have a toilet
• Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne : Chief of Air Staff
• Umberto Vitelli : Captain of Italian MV Enrica Lexie from which two Italian marines shot killed two fishermen
• Vijay Bahuguna : Sworn in as Uttarakhand's 7th CM
• Prakash Singh Badal : To be sworn in as Punjab's CM for the 5th time (2nd consecutive time)
• His son Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of Shiromani Akali Dal, will get his second tenure as Deputy-CM
• Bombay High Court ordered the dissolving for Shirdi Sai Sansthan, the temple trust body that governs the Sai Baba temple in Shirdi, in Ahmednagar
• High Court ordered Ahmednagar District Collector to oversee formation of a new governing body
• India-Afghanistan Partnership Council, headed by both countries' Foreign Ministers, to discuss on India-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)
• India so far has 3 out of 4 blocks in Hajigak iron ore mine, the jewel of Afghan's mining sector, but faces resistance from government rebels
• Controller-General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks granted a compulsory license to Natco Pharma for manufacturing Sorafenib Tosylate (Nexavar), a cancer treating drug, under Section 84 of Indian Patents Act 1970
• Patent held by Bayer, MNC of Germany that sold the drug for Rs.2.84lakh
• Now manufacturing under compulsory licensing slash the price to Rs.8,880
• Compulsory license is granted till the patent expires in 2021
• Enforcement Directorate starts preliminary enquiry on Antrix-Devas deal
• Rajan Mathews : Director-General of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)
• COAI in the centre stage against leaving Reliance & Tata untouched while Supreme Court's cancelling of 122 2G licenses of other GSM mobile phone giants issued by ex-Telecom Minister AM Raja
• Dinesh Trivedi : Union Railway Minister
• Akhilesh Yadav : To be sworn in as CM of Uttar Pradesh
• Israel Forces and Islamic Jihad entered a cease-fire deal to hold fire
• 25 Gaza citizens died in the last 4 days in which 200 rockets were fired at Israel
• Marine Le Pen : Head of National Front Party of France
• Secured backing of enough local government officials to compete in Presidential elections
• She now holds 500 signatures from local Mayors and other elected officials
• All French Presidential candidates must have signed endorsement of 500 elected local officials
• Rebekah Brooks : Former Chief-Executive of Rupert Murdoch's British Media Group News International
• Arrested with her husband Charlie and 5 others for police investigations into News of the World phone hacking scandal
• China to build a new highway from Lhasa to Kunming to provide year-round access to remote region which borders Arunachal Pradesh
• European Union (EU), US & Japan lodged complaint with World Trade Organisation (WTO) against China over Beijing's restriction over exports of raw materials, including rare earth materials
• Karel De Gucht :EU Trade Chief
• Sanjay Jain : Appointed Group CEO of Educomp, Education solutions provider
• Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) opposes ban on import of foreign tobacco and cigarette brands
• China expressed their displeasure in India's notification on Cotton ban
• Gao Fang : Secretary-General of China Cotton Association (CCA)
• Manu Taevernier : Chairman of Committee for International Cooperation between Cotton Associations (CICCA), 18-nation Committee
• Earlier wrote to Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma saying that the ban would violate many contracts and place Indian firms in CICCA default list
• Khazanah Nasional : Sovereign Investment fund of Malaysia sold its entire 4.2% stake in Yes Bank for $110m
• Rana Kapoor : Founder, MD & CEO of Yes Bank
• Rabobank : Netherlands' largest retail bank
• Yahoo files lawsuit against Facebook alleging violations of as many as ten patents with a Federal Court in California
• Jst BR Deshmukh : Chairman of Company Law Board (CLB)
• CLB asked real estate firm Unitech to inform its decision, whether its going to buy 67% stake in Uninor or sell its 33% stake to the joint-venture partner Telenor, the Norwegian telecom firm, by March 19
• Roopam Sharma : Took over as CEO of Basketball Federation of India (BFI)
• Raninder Singh : President of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)
• Pepsi to launch T20 Football
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) takes no action against Suresh Kalmadi, as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) clarifies its stand that Kalmadi suspended himself from the powers of IOA President and so there is no need to take any action against him
• VK Malhotra : Acting President of IOA
• Thomas Bach : Vice-President of IOC
• Delhi High Court directed Air Force to give permanent commission to 3 women officers who were short service commissioned
• The High Court in its order directed both Air Force & Army to give permanent commission to all short service commissioned women officers who were recruited before 2006