03 April 2012

• April 2 : World Autism Day
• AK Antony : Union Defence Minister
• Shashikant Sharma : Defence Ministry
• Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff
• Marshal NAK Browne : Chief of Air Staff
• Nirmal Verma : Chief of Navy Staff
• A 15-year Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan covering 12th, 13th & 14th Five-year defence plans (2012-2027) and the 12th Five-year Defence Plan cleared
• Central aim of 12th plan at requirements & modernisation plans of Armed Forces
• Ravi Rishi : Owner & Chairman of UK based Vectra Group questioned in connection with alleged Tatra-BEML deal
• VRS Natarajan : CMD of the Navaratna ranked Defence Public Sector Unit (PSU) Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML)
• Mullock's : Auction House in Shropshire, UK
• To auction some rare belongings of Mahatma Gandhi including a Grass with a drop of Mahatma Gandhi's blood and soil from the place where he was assassinated in 1948
• Rupert Murdoch owned Star Group bagged a Rs.3,851cr ($750m) BCCI broadcast, Internet & mobile rights for all international & domestic matches in India for next 6yrs
• The second highest bidder was Multi Screen Media (Sony) with Rs.3,700cr
• N Srinivasan : President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)
• Sanjay Jagdale : BCCI Secretary
• SM Krishna : Union External Affairs Minister
• Enrica Lexie : Italian vessel from which two Italian marines shot dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala
• Pranab Mukherjee : Union Finance Minister
• George Osborne : UK Chancellor of Exchequer
• Stewart Beck : Canadian High Commissioner to India
• A four member team lead by the High Commissioner visited Kerala to discuss investment possibilities in Kerala
• First of its kind visit to Kerala by such a team
• Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)
• Nitish Kumar : Odisha CM
• Parkash Singh Badal : Punjab CM
• Bhupinder Singh Hooda : Haryana CM
• Delhi High Court stops Hubpages.com, US-based portal, from publishing material which is harmful to the reputation of India's spiritual guru Nirmaljit Singh Narula, also known as Nirmal Baba
• SH Kapadia : Chief Justice of India
• Jst Fakir Muhammad Ibrahim Kalifulla : Sworn in as Supreme Court Judge, taking the total strength of the apex court judges to 26
• He was Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court earlier
• Manohar Parrikar : Goa CM
• Goa State Government nod for proposed Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), a specialised unit to combat terrorist strike in the State
• Computer Virus originated from China targeting users of India, China as well as Indian companies based in Dubai
• Abdul Samad Abdulla : Maldivian Foreign Minister
• SM Krishna : Indian External Affairs Minister
• 2 April 2012 : 27th Raising Day of Special Protection Group (SPG), executive protection agency of Government of India
• Indian PM Dr Manmohan Singh lauded SPG's excellence in charging duties and assured with full support to upgrade itself in terms of technology & training to meet challenges posed by new-age terrorists
• J Jayalalithaa : Tamil Nadu CM
• Kapil Sibal : Union Human Resource Development Minister
• Tamil Nadu ranks 1 for effective fund utilisation & effective coverage of hamlets with 76 points on the basis of its performance
• Madhya Pradesh at 2nd position with 74 points
• Karnataka & Gujarat at 3rd with 73 points
• Odisha & Rajasthan at 4th with 71 points
• Jairam Ramesh : Union Minister for Drinking Water & Sanitation
• Akhilesh Yadav : Uttar Pradesh CM
• Delhi High Court orders passport applicants to disclose names of Biological parents, not adopted parents if the adoption is not legally recognised
• Haren Raval : Additional Solicitor General
• A Bill to ban manual scavenging to be introduced soon
• Kim Jong-Un : Supreme Leader of North Korea
• David Cameron : British PM
• Julia Gillard : Australian PM
• Jimmy Little : famous Australian Aboriginal Musician; Passed Away
• Russian passenger plane ATR-72 operated by UTair crashed in Siberia killing 31
• Kofi Annan : UN/Arab League Special Envoy to Syria
• Bashar al-Assad : Syrian President
• Assad agreed on a deadline of April 10 put forward by Kofi Annan to start implementing  a peace plan in Syria
• Aung San Suu Kyi : Pro-Democratic Leader of Myanmar of National League for Democracy (NLD)
• She secured a seat in Parliament by winning in by-elections
• Her party secured 40 out of 44 seats it contested
• Osama bin Laden's three widows & two daughters sentenced to 45 days in prison and fined Rs.10,000 each for illegally entering & living in Pakistan
• Pal Schmitt : President of Hungary Resigned after he was caught for plagiarising his 1992 doctorate thesis
• Alain Juppe : French Foreign Minister
• $43.84m Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan for Tamil Nadu & Uttarakhand Tourism
• GK Vasan : Union Minister for Shipping
• UK based private equity firm Advent International to invest $105m in CARE Hospitals
• B Soma Raju : Founder of CARE Hospitals
• Government to borrow Rs.1.87 lakh crore through auctioning of Treasury-Bills in Q1
• D Sarkar : New CMD of Union Bank
• Was Executive Director at Allahabad Bank
• Bimal Jalan Committee : on Review of Ownership & Governance of Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs)
• Capital market regulator Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allows listing of stock exchanges
• 51% stake of bourses could be held wih public
• Punj Lloyd Ltd's proposal to set up a manufacturing, assembly & repair unit of defence equipment at Malanpur, Gwalior has been shot down by Home Ministry despite clearance from Finance Committee
• Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) also turned down the proposal
• The proposal sent back to Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) for reconsideration
• India's Exports grew 4.2% & Imports grew 20.6% in February
• Trade deficit to touch $15.1bn
• Rahul Khullar : Commerce Secretary
• Rafeeque Ahmed : President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
• Chinese mulling over $50bn investment to build Hambantota Port & City in South Sri Lanka
• Vijaya Bank raised Rs.147cr by issuing preference shares to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
• LIC has pumped in four other Public Sector Banks also
• Rs.1,037cr in Bank of India
• Rs.650cr in Union Bank of India
• Rs.302cr in Indian Overseas Bank
• Rs.148cr in United Bank of India
• Jaipal Reddy : Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas
• India to get 30,000km Gas grid connecting consumption centres to fuel source by 2017
• World Series Hockey : Inaugural crown won by Sher-E-Punjab defeating Pune Strykers at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium, Mumbai
• The inaugural event was organised by Indian Hockey Federation & Nimbus Sport
• Ajay Maken : Union Sports Minister
• ATP Miami Masters : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) bt Andy Murray (Scotland)
• Djokovic's 3rd Miami Masters title also 2nd consecutive
• 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships : @ Dortmund, Germany
• China cleansweeps Gold as Chinese Women's team beat Singapore & Men's team beat Germany
• China have bagged a total 36 medals since the Championships began in 1926
• Vijay Kumar Malhotra : Acting President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
• Ajit Pal Singh : former Hockey captain & three-time Olympian, who led the eight-time Olympic champions to their only World Cup win in1975
• He was appointed Chef-de-Mission for the 2012 London Olympics by IOA