16-22 Mar 2013
- Indian journalist Bobby Ghosh has been named the new editor of Time International.
- History was made in Pakistan on Saturday with its Lower House — the
National Assembly — and Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government,
both completing a full five-year term — a first in the 66-yearsof the
nation’s existence. The National Assembly was scheduled to be dissolved
late at night after a televised address to the nation by Prime Minister
Raja Pervez Ashraf.
- While India’s Grievance Redressal Bill was forged in the fire of public
protest, Ethiopia chose to incorporate anti-corruption provisions in its
criminal code(“Article 416 of the criminal code deals with Undue Delay of Matters").
- US is to continue to engage internationally with Iran.
- Sita temple construction to begin soon in Sri Lanka in Divurumpola.
- US has announced that it is abandoning a key part of its European missile
defence plan - an interceptor that had been strongly opposed by Russia.
- Zimbabwe votes in a referendum on new Constitution.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed Sarus Crane as ‘vulnerable’
- HDFC hires Deloitte to conduct forensic audit in accordance with money laundering case by CobraPost in sting Operation Red Spider.
- Sahara to launch Q shops(retail stores) in Maharashtra.
- Infosys Technologies has announced that it has been selected by the BMW
Group as its worldwide partner for application-basis infrastructure
management services.
- After phones and the Net, now hard drives go wireless.
- Ghulam Muntaqa, a senior photojournalist, died of a heart attack.He was a Karnataka Rajyotsava and Karnataka Media Academy award winner.Another one of his achievements was the nine-foot-long negative that
included pictures of the Gateway of India and the Taj hotel in Mumbai in
a single frame, shot with a rotating camera. It was one of the several
innovations that Mr. Muntaqa came up with.
- EC to retain toll-free helpline for State polls.People can dial 1950 to register election-related complaints.
- The Mumbai police on Saturday inaugurated the country’s first ‘Social
Media Lab’ to monitor the happenings on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
- The Revenue Department in Andhra Pradesh has been building a digitalised
system for delivery of services in land and real estate transactions.
The State stakes claim to being the first in facilitating land
transactions through a Computer Aided Registration of Documents (CARD)
project
- Bollywood director Kamal K.M. has been chosen for the 16 Gollapudi Srinivas National Award for his bilingual I.D.
- Mayanakollai festival comes to an end in Puducherry.
- Former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy was sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta
- Kerela : Big boost for Health :
- Free generic drugs till taluk hospitals.
- De-addiction centers in all taluks.
- Medical Cities in Thiruvananthapuram,kochi and Kozhikode.
- New medical college in Thiruvananthapuram.
- CHIS for APL families also.
- All Airports alerted to prevent Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini from leaving the country.
- Kallam Anji Reddy, Founder and Chairman of Hyderabad-based pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) passes away.
- The first Satellite of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation, IRNSS-1 will be launched by PSLV-C22.IRNSS provides two basic services -- standard positioning service for
common civilian users and restricted service for special authorised
users.
- Infosys will facilitate India Post’s Rural Systems Integration (RSI)
programme. This initiative will increase adoption of the department’s
services, and enhance the reach of postal services to the country’s
rural population, streamlining the distribution of social benefits.Project is a part of the ‘India Post 2012’ modernisation programme that
aims to bring transparency, agility, flexibility and scalability to its
business operations.
- Air Chief Marshal (retd.) S.P. Tyagi became the first IAF
Chief to be booked by the CBI — along with 12 others — for alleged
cheating, corruption and criminal conspiracy in the VVIP Chopper deal.
- The Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs
and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has launched the comprehensive online patent
filing system with effect from 15th December, 2012.
- Papal Moniker : When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the name Francis on being elected the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.
- Haj Committee rules restrict male relatives, who had already performed the pilgrimage, from accompanying them.
- India provides new immigration system for Maldives.
- As per the Red Data Book of International Union for
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), five species of
reptiles viz., Batagur baska (Four-toed Terrapin), Batagur kachuga
(Red-crowned Roofed Turtle), Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback),
Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle) and Gavialis gangeticus
(Fish-eating Crocodile) are listed as critically endangered species.
- Transfer of defence land takes place only with the sanction of Ministry of Defence.
- 962-km roads to be laid in Visakha Agency area.(tribal area in Vishakhapatnam)
- 60th National Awards List.
- Cabinet clears revised food security bill :
- Entitlement cut from 7 kg to 5 kg a month under PDS
- entitlement of 35 kg under Antyodaya Anna Yojna to stay
- Centre to move resolution on Sri Lanka : DMK quits UPA
- India, Egypt sign seven pacts.
- Shri Dinsha J. Patel confers National Geoscience Awards-2011 .
- SC Diktat on admission to medical and dental colleges.
- Kerala to map marine biodiversity
