15 March 2012

• Dinesh Trivedi :Union Railway Minister presented Railway Budget 2012-13
• Cabinet Members raised voice against the fare-hike
• Mamata Banerjee, CM of West Bengal, wrote to PM to sack Dinesh Trivedi
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• Gordon Charles Pereira : Captain of MV Prabhu Daya, the vessel that is suspected to be involved in a mid-sea collision with a fishing trawler off coast Kerala, remanded in judicial custody
• Prakash Singh Badal : Sworn in as Punjab's CM for the 5th time (2nd consecutive time)
• Party : Shiromani Akali Dal
• Shivraj V Patil : Governor of Punjab
• SM Krishna : Union External Affairs Minister
• 19th Session of UN Human Rights Commission : @ Geneva
• Balwant Singh Rajoana : Assassin of former Punjab CM Beant Singh to be hanged to death
• He will be the first hanging since 2004
• Akhilesh Yadav : Uttar Pradesh CM
• Vijay Bahuguna : Uttarakhand CM
• Vijay Mallya owned Kingfisher Airlines to curtail overseas operations to resolve debt issues
• Staffan de Mistura : Italian Deputy Foreign Minister
• Tehreek-e-Insaf : Political Party Chaired/Founded by Pakistani Former Cricketer Imran Khan
• Jorge Cauz : President of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc
• Encyclopaedia Britannica stops printed editions after 244 years, instead focusing on its online and digital editions
• Wen Jiabao : Chinese Premier (PM)
• Hu Jintao : Chinese President
• Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) backed out of its offer to provide financial advisory services to Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project
• Aung San Suu Kyi : Myanmar Opposition Leader
• Thomas Lubanga : Military Chief of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• He was found guilty of enrolling children below 15 years into his army and is detained by International Criminal Court
• Bombay High Court directed Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to reconsider MCX Stock Exchange's (MCX-SX) plea to set up an equity trading platform
• Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) & Financial Technologies India Ltd (FTIL) - promoters of MCX-SX
• Dinesh Keskar : President of Boeing India
• Ajit Singh : Union Civil Aviation Minister
• No bail-out for Kingfisher Airlines
• Rs.6,500 crore equity to be infused into Air India
• Vijay Amritraj : Former Tennis star & sports commentator
• Quits as independent director of Kingfisher Airlines
• Third independent director to quit this fiscal
• Pulok Chatterjee : Principal Secretary to PM
• Prime Ministers Office set up a high-powered Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to examine all issues in petroleum sector and give its recommendations for grant of smooth clearances of oil & gas blocks and other exploration activities in future and to win confidence of international investors in oil & gas exploration
• CoS will comprise Secretaries of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Coal, Environment & Forests and Law & Justice Ministries and a representative from Planning Commission
• Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd (GIC) invests $100m for a minority stake in Vasan Health Care Pvt Ltd
• AM Arun : CMD of Vasan Health Care
• Sultan Kosen : World's Tallest Man standing 8 ft 3 in tall
• The Turkish stopped growing following treatment to stop production of an excess growth hormone
• Rhea : Saturn's 2nd largest moon
• NASA's Cassini Spacecraft captures new images of the icy moon
• Kenny Natt : Retired American Professional Basketball Player
• India's Chief Basketball Coach
• Aaron D'Souza : Indian Swimmer wins an Olympic Quota in 200m freestyle in 43rd Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championship
• Win join Saurabh Sangvekar in London Olympics bound swimming team
• Jacques Rogge (Belgium) : President of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Jyoti Randhawa : Indian Top Golfer
• Will celebrate a milestone 200th Asian Tour appearance at the Panasonic Open in New Delhi