The Daily GK: 20 March 2012

Tamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by the CM gave nod for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)
Rs.500 crore development package for the welfare of local fishermen in Kudankulam

India will vote in favour of UN resolution on promoting reconciliation & accountability in Sri Lanka at the 19th session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
SM Krishna : Union External Affairs Minister
Empowered Committee on Safety of Mullaperiyar Dam : Chaired by AS Anand, former Chief Justice
Anita Bai Narre : Awarded Sulabh Sanitation Award for her successful insistence on a toilet as a precondition for living at her husband's place, Ratanpur village
Jairam Ramesh : Union Minister of Rural Development
Wajahat Habibullah : Chairman of National Minority Commission
Sheila Dikshit : Delhi CM
Dinesh Trivedi : Quit as Union Railway Minister
Mukul Roy : Minister of State for Shipping to take over as Union Railway Minister
Mamata Banerjee : West Bengal CM; Chairperson of Trinamool Congress
SK Jain : CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
Srikumar Banerjee : Atomic Energy Commission Chairman

National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) : Counter-Terror Hub planned by Central Government

Planning Commission lowers the poverty line to Rs.28.35 & Rs.22.42 for urban & rural areas respectively

Came out against withdrawal of US forces out of Afghanistan in 2014
He said that the forces should not be withdrawn until the goal of establishing a stable government and credible defence forces in Afghanistan is met

Waheed Hasan Manik : New President of Maldives
People's Majlis : Maldivian Parliament
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) : Political party of former President Mohammed Nasheed and the single largest party of People's Majlis

Members of MDP resisted the new President from entering the Parliament and from speaking in the first session of new parliament but didn't succeed

Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) : Organisation of Cuban Wives & Mothers of 75 government opponents who were arrested as part of protests in March 2003
Tim Cook : CEO of Apple Inc

Anil Kumar Ganguly : Only remaining independent director of Vijay Mallya owned Kingfisher Airlines resigned
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked Vijay Mallya to present a clear picture of the private carrier

Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee aims to raise Rs.120 crore by selling 10% stake in National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd
Kamal Nath : Union Urban Development Minister
United Bank of India gets Reserve Bank of India's nod to open a representative office in Myanmar
B Muthuraman : President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Ravi Kant : Chairman of Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak (IIM-Rohtak)

Plans to invest $150m in India to set up MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) aircraft engine components facility

Unit-2 of Maithon plant of 525 MW successfully synchronised
Tata Power's gross generation capacity has now touched 5,297 MW making it largest private sector power generating company in India

Deodhar Trophy (Cricket) : West Zone defeated North Zone to lift the trophy
Korean Hockey Team qualified for London Olympics 2012 in the FIH-Olympic Hockey qualifier in Dublin

Chinese government chose Andrew Liveris as the representative of a group of biggest foreign companies invested in China

Hazardous waste at Bhopal's Union Carbide chemical plant will be incinerated in a facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh

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