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This Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice was sworn in as Supreme Court judge on 2 April 2012-F. M. Ibrahim Kalifulla

•    On 3 April 2012 Indian Navy formally inducted this nuclear-powered submarine into its fleet-INS Chakra

•    First Spices Park for processing of seed spices like cumin, coriander and fennel was commissioned in this state on 7 April 2012–Rajasthan

•    This Indian squash player won a 3-2 victory over Robbie Temple of England at the $120000 El Gouna International Open in El Gouna, Egypt on 9 April 2012-Saurav Ghosal

•    Former Tamil Nadu State secretary of the CPI (M) and three-time MLA died in Chennai on 10 April 2012-N. Varadarajan

•    This international monetary body in its flagship annual publication Asian Development Outlook (ADO) projected moderate increase in growth rate for India to 7 percent in 2012-13–Asian Development Bank

•    Union government made it mandatory for individuals with income above this amount to file their tax returns 2011-12 onwards electronically-Rs 10 lakh

•    Union government approved Rs 30000 crore bailout for this national carrier-Air India

•    Union Cabinet approved the extension of funding support for implementing the Swavalamban Scheme existing under this system from three years to five years-New Pension System (NPS)

•    This Samajwadi Party MLA from Itwa in Sidhhartnagar district was unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Assembly-Mata Prasad Pandey

•    Powerful earthquake of 8.7 magnitude on the Richter scale on 11 April 2012 hit Aceh province of this South Asian country giving rise to tsunami scare–Indonesia

•    This Kannada poet was chosen for the Basavashree Award on 28 April 2012-Chennaveera Kanavi

•    This country announced to strengthen the defences of its Gulf allies along with the commencement of nuclear talks that could ease tensions with Tehran–United States of America

•    National League for Democracy (NLD) led by this pro-democracy leader in Myanmar won 43 of the 45 seats in by-polls held on 1 April 2012–Aung Saan Suu Kyi

•    Recep Tayyip Erdogan who held talks with the leaders of western countries on Iran issue is the Prime Minister of this country– Turkey

•    Bingu Mutharika the president of this African nation died after a heart attack–Malavi

•    Israel barred this German author from entering the Jewish state, citing a poem in which he accuses Israel of plotting Iran's annihilation and threatening world peace–Gunter Grass

•    More than 100 Pakistani soldiers died in an avalanche at this place-Siachen sector close to the border with India

•    Asif Ali Zardari the President of this Asian nation visited India–Pakistan

•    Bo Xilai, a high-ranking Communist Party official, was stripped of his most powerful posts. Bo Xilai was the high-ranking communist party leader of this country–China

•    This American leader won the Republican Party candidature to challenge President Barack Obama in November elections–Mitt Romney

•    The government of this Asian nation faced yet another rights abuse allegation as two senior members of a breakaway faction of the JVP accused the security forces of abducting them–Sri Lanka

•    This Pakistani foreign service officer was appointed the High Commissioner to India–Salman Basheer

•    This middle-east country deployed hundreds of police at its main airport to detain activists flying in to protest the country's occupation of Palestinian areas–Israel

•    This country forgave Myanmar's 3.7-billion dollar debt and resumed development aid as a way to support the country's democratic and economic reforms-Japan

•    Islamic radical groups attacked the church services in this African nation–Nigeria

•    Afghanistan reached on an agreement with this country to define their relationship after most foreign troops leave Afghanistan at the end of 2014-United States of America

Noted Hindi writer on 13 February 2012 was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte published in 2004- Professor Ramdarash Mishra

•    This Indian state government on 13 February 2012 announced medical benefits, financial support & higher compensation packages for various other categories of workers covered by the Industrial Workers Act– Delhi Government

•    This Indian state government suspended the scheme of distribution of social benefits under Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)– Haryana Government

•    The railways safety review committee, headed by a former Atomic Energy Commission chairman submitted its report to the Union government on 17 February 2012- Anil Kakodkar

•    International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries inaugurated by the Union Minister for Shipping- G K Vasan

•    New York Times’ foreign correspondent and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner died in eastern Syria on 16 February 2012- Anthony Shadid

•    As a part of this campaign Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched a major State-wide de-worming campaign- Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna (CNSY)

•    RBI panel on priority sector lending proposed increment in the target (priority sector) for foreign banks to this per cent of net bank credit from the current level of 32 per cent- 40%

•    Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on 23 February 2012 inaugurated the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) here–Marol, Mumbai

•    Indian hockey team on 26 February 2012 defeated this country 8-1 to enter London Olympics–France

•    This Indian soccer legend popularly known as Sailen Manna, died in Kolkata on 27 February 2012- Sailendra Nath Manna

•    1977 batch IAS officer and additional chief secretary (finance) on 28 February 2012 was named the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan- CK Mathew

•    Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the upgradation of Railway Infrastructure for introduction of multi-modal transport system (Phase - II) in the twin cities– Hyderabad & Secunderabad

•    The Bollywood actor received a Green Globe Award for his efforts toward a greener future at the fourth edition of the Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards– Abhishek Bachhan

•    This veteran environmental filmmaker was on 3 February 2012 honoured with the prestigious V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2012- Mike Pandey

•    India lost to this country2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash World Cup on 5 February 2012- Egypt

•     The state to contribute more than 50 percent of India’s total tea production in 2011- Assam

•    The observation satellite launched by Iran- navid satellite

•    India signed  13th TIEA with the country-Guernsey  

•    Hungarian mission inked deal  with the company to ease visas- VFS Global

•    India, Japan and China entered into a pact  which is known as- Shade

•    India and USA signed a MoU with India on-Labour and Employment Issues

•    The fifth edition of the world future energy summit was held in UAE capital-Abu Dhabi

•    India’s NTPC signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board to set up a joint venture 1320 MW thermal power plant at- Rampal

•    The country became the 157th Country to adopt the CTBT( Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)- Indonesia

•    Al- Queda’s Chief in Pakistan, was killed in US drone attack-Badar Mansoor

•    The 12th India-EU summit was held in- New Delhi

•    Yingluck Shinawatra who visited India on 24-26 January 2012 is the Prime Minister of- Thailand

•    NDSAP which is approved by Union cabinet of India stands for- National Data Sharing and Accessibility

•     A two-day International Conference on cooperatives for social and economic change took place in the city-Bhopal

•    The biggest coordinated mock drills were carried out in the city-New Delhi