Persons in News
A) Appointments
Ibrahim Kalifulla As Supreme Court Judge
Jammu & Kashmir High Court chief Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla was appointed as Supreme Court Judge on 2 April 2012. He will remain a Supreme Court Judge for a period of four years.
New CDM For BDL
Satya Narayana Mantha has been appointed as the new chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Dynamics Ltd ( BDL ) on April 2 2012.
Ajit Pal Singh Named India’s Chef-de Mission For Olympics
Ajit Pal Singh had became the first sports person to be named India’s Chef-de-Mission for the Olympic games, on 2 April 2012, bringing an end to the bitter wranglings for the post within the IDA. The seven members committee, which was formed to appoint the Chef-de-mission for the July 27 2012 Olympic Games, unanimously selected the former hockey star to head the Indian contingent in the London Olympics.
Amarendra Khatua, New Envoy To South Sudan & Sudan
India in the last week of March 2012 appointed Amarendra Khatua as its special envoy to South Sudan & Sudan to broker peace between two countries. This was done with the objective of strengthening India’s pursuit of oil & other Hydrocarbon resources in Africa. Amarendra Khatua is the MEA additional secretary he handles the passport division,
Malawi’s New President
Prominent women’s right campaigner Joyce Banda has taken sworn in as Malawi’s new president on 7 April 2012. After the former President Binju Wa Mutharika died of heart attack on 5 April 2012
Malaysia ‘s New King
Sultan Abdul Halim takes oath as Malaysia’s new king on 11 April 2012
New Pakistan Envoy To India
Pakistan’s former foreign secretary Salman Bashir was appointed as new envoy to India on 14 April 2012 . Who has been part of the post 26/11 Indo-Pak dialogue process.
New World Bank President
The World Bank on 16 April 2012 had chosen Korean born American health expert Jim Yong Kim as its new president. Mr. Jim was president of Dartmouth College will assume his new position from 1 July after the Bank’s current president Robert Zeollick steps down.
World Heart Federation President
Dr. Srinath Reddy had been appionted as the president of World Heart Federation (WHF) on 21 April 2012. Dr. Srinath Reddy was the first Indian ever to be conferred this honour.
S.Narsing Rao took as Chairman of CIL
S. Narsing Rao, former chairman of Singareni collieries company Ltd was appointed as the chairman & Managing Director of Coal India Limited ( CIL) on 24 April 2012.
B) RESIGNS
James Murdoch Stepped Down From British Sky Broad Casting
James Murdoch on 3 April 2012 resigned as the chairman of Satellite Broad Caster British Sky Broad Casting, Murdoch was forced to step down given his alleged role in phone haking at closed the news of the world newspaper.
Mali President Resigns
The President of Mali, Amadov Toumani Toure resigned on April 8 2012 following the agreement signed with the mediators.
Greek Prime Minister Quits
Greece’s P.M Lucas Papademos resigns to his position on 11 April 2012 to set a stage for early elections on May 6 2012.
Netherland’s Prime minister Resigns
The Netherland’s Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet resigned on 23 April 2012 after failing to reach agreement on reducing the country’s budget to meet European guidelines.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi Resigned As Congress Spokesperson
Abhishek Manu Singhvi , the spokesperson of the ruling congress party, tendered his resignation on 23 April 2012. Singhvi also resigned from a powerful parliamentary law committee that he headed.
Jordan Prime Minister Resigns
Jordan’s Prime Minister Awn Al- Khasawneh resigned on 26 April 2012, just six months after he took offices with a pledge to push for political reforms.
C) Deaths
Former BCCI President N.K.P. Salve Passes Away
Former BCCI President and former Union Minister N.K.P.Salve passed away on 1 April 2012 in New Delhi. N.K.P Salve had been the president of the BCCI when India won the World Cup in 1983.
Communist Leader Promode Gogoi Passed Away
Veteran communist leader & President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Promode Gogoi passed away on 6 April 2012 in Guwahati.
China’s Dissidents & Astrophysicist Died In US
One of China’s best known dissidents & Astrophysicist Fang Lizhi died in excile in the US on 6 April 2012. He had become a force to reclon with prominent during the 1989-pro-democracy movement. He was known as China’s Sakharavo.
Legendary Newsman Mike Wallace Died
Mike Wallace, a legendary newsman known for impertinent, the CBS reporter who became one of America’s best known broadcast journalist as an interrogator of the famous & infamous on ” 60 minutes” died on 8 April 2012 in America.
Nityananda Mohapatra Passes Away
Nityananda Mohapatra, author, freedom fighter, Gandhian and editor passes away on 17 April 2012 in Odisha.
D)VISITORS
Pakistan President Visit To India
The Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visited India on 8 April 2012 at New Delhi for the high level meeting over trade, security and friendly issues
Visit of Qatar President to India
The president of Qatar Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khallifa Al-Thani visited India for boosting trade and investments between the two countries.
UN Secretary General Visit to India
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited India for two days, and had meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the relatives of victims of the 1984 anti sikh riots.
E)MISCELLANEOUS
Titanic Wreckage To Become UNESCO Heritage
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, its wreckage will become underwater cultural heritage protected by the UNESCO, under a convention ratified by 41 states, the organisation said on April 14, 1912 Titanic hit iceberg in North Atlantic and sank. This year will mark 100 years since the tradegy, that the hull will from now on be protected by the 2011 convention on the protection of the underwater cultural heritage. The convention can only be applied to objects that sank more than 100 years ago. The Titanic, the biggest and most luxurious Ocean liner of its time, sank in international waters and no state has exceptional jurisdiction over the wreckage.
Railways New Rail Bheem
With an aim of hauling heavier trains, railway is ready to roll out a newly designed 5500 horse power diesel locomotive equipped with all modern features including 100 km per hour running speed. Aptly named as ‘ Bheem’, the high horse power locomotive is currently undergoing safe trail. Manufactured at diesel Locomotive Works at Varanasi, the prototype has cost about Rs. 17crore to the railways.
Second Child Genius
A four years British girl, Heidi Hankins has been hailed as a child genius after being ranked just one point below Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in IQ of 159 against average adult 100 IQ. She has became the second youngest ever child to be accepted into the Elite Mensa Society for people with high IQs. Two and a half years Oscar Wrigley remains the first youngest with an IQ of 160.
London, Most Impressive City In The World
The wealth report, a study which focuses on the ten international cities deemed the most impressive by high net worth individuals each with assets in excess of its 15.5 million. Economic activity, quality of life, political power, knowledge and influence were all factors in assessing what made a city important according to the survey. London has been voted the world’s most important city according to the wealth report study. Taking second & third place, are New York and Hong Kong.
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