1. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Annual Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security in New Delhi today.
2. Home Minister P. Chidambaram today announced to set up National Investigation Agency (NIA) offices in Mumbai, Kochi and Lucknow.
3. Annual Joint military exercises between the US and the Philippines known as “Balikatan” started in the South China Sea today and will continue till 27th April 2012.
4. Union Govt. today approved the revised Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana plan of Rs. 79.96 crore for Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
5. S S Mantha, Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced today in New Delhi to launch an Academic Networking Site, along with an In-House Job Portal and a Repository of doctorate papers to check duplication and cheating in research papers of AICTE.
6. Nepal Election Commission today formed a Seven-Member Committee to carry out a study on giving voting rights to Nepali citizens abroad.
7. The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank met in Washington D.C. today to elect a New President of World Bank to succeed incumbent Robert Zoellick. The fight is between US nominee, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, an American of Korean descent and the Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
8. According to ASSOCHAM’s report which was released today, the present size of ship building and repairs industry is about Rs. 7,310 crore and is likely to touch Rs. 9,200 crore by 2015 owing to robust demand in the domestic market and adequate availability of skilled workforce.
9. Rajasthan Government has announced to provide electricity connections in remote desert areas through Solar Power Plants.
10. Credit Rating Agency Moody today downgraded Nokia Corp.’s Long-Term Credit Rating by one notch to Baa3 just one step above non-investment grade following last week’s profit warning which had caused Nokia’s shares to plunge by more than 20 percent.
11. RBI today hinted at lowering interest rates saying that focus of monetary policy needs to be shifted to arrest declining growth while keeping inflation under control.
12. According to United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2010 report,
a) 7 countries — India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia — account for 65 per cent of the world's hungry people.
b) About 25 per cent of the world's hungry poor live in India.
c) Around 43 per cent of Indian children under age 5 are malnourished.
13.Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi today announced to set up Asia’s first Dolphin Research Centre in Patna.
NOTE: - a) The population of Dolphin in India is around 2500 out of which Bihar accounts for 60 percent of them.
b) Fresh water dolphins are found only in three areas across the globe-
The Ganga river system, the Indus and its tributaries and the Amazon.
The Ganga Dolphin is distinguished from the other species by its long snout and is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
2. Home Minister P. Chidambaram today announced to set up National Investigation Agency (NIA) offices in Mumbai, Kochi and Lucknow.
3. Annual Joint military exercises between the US and the Philippines known as “Balikatan” started in the South China Sea today and will continue till 27th April 2012.
4. Union Govt. today approved the revised Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana plan of Rs. 79.96 crore for Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
5. S S Mantha, Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced today in New Delhi to launch an Academic Networking Site, along with an In-House Job Portal and a Repository of doctorate papers to check duplication and cheating in research papers of AICTE.
6. Nepal Election Commission today formed a Seven-Member Committee to carry out a study on giving voting rights to Nepali citizens abroad.
7. The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank met in Washington D.C. today to elect a New President of World Bank to succeed incumbent Robert Zoellick. The fight is between US nominee, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, an American of Korean descent and the Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
8. According to ASSOCHAM’s report which was released today, the present size of ship building and repairs industry is about Rs. 7,310 crore and is likely to touch Rs. 9,200 crore by 2015 owing to robust demand in the domestic market and adequate availability of skilled workforce.
9. Rajasthan Government has announced to provide electricity connections in remote desert areas through Solar Power Plants.
10. Credit Rating Agency Moody today downgraded Nokia Corp.’s Long-Term Credit Rating by one notch to Baa3 just one step above non-investment grade following last week’s profit warning which had caused Nokia’s shares to plunge by more than 20 percent.
11. RBI today hinted at lowering interest rates saying that focus of monetary policy needs to be shifted to arrest declining growth while keeping inflation under control.
12. According to United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2010 report,
a) 7 countries — India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia — account for 65 per cent of the world's hungry people.
b) About 25 per cent of the world's hungry poor live in India.
c) Around 43 per cent of Indian children under age 5 are malnourished.
13.Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi today announced to set up Asia’s first Dolphin Research Centre in Patna.
NOTE: - a) The population of Dolphin in India is around 2500 out of which Bihar accounts for 60 percent of them.
b) Fresh water dolphins are found only in three areas across the globe-
The Ganga river system, the Indus and its tributaries and the Amazon.
The Ganga Dolphin is distinguished from the other species by its long snout and is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
