World Current Affairs, March 2012(Part-2)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of March 2012. I hope viewers may like it and express their feelings. This is the second set of World Current Affairs, March 2012.

• At least ten people, including a woman and two children, are killed after a Turkish NATO helicopter crashes into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul.(16th March)
• Belgium holds a day of national mourning in memory of the victims of the Sierre bus collision in Switzerland earlier this week.(16th March)
• David Petraeus, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is honored with the Grand Cross with swords in the Order of Orange-Nassau in The Hague for his service as a four-star general in Iraq and Afghanistan.(16th March)
• Nicolae Timofti becomes the fourth President of Moldova, after nearly 3 years without an elected head of state and political stalemate in the country.(16th March)
• North Korea announces plans to launch a new satellite in honour of regime founder Kim Il-Sung's birthday in April.(16th March)
• A Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in southwest China, in the latest in a series of similar incidents where nearly 30 monks have now self-immolated.(17th March)
• Pope Benedict XVI launches an internal investigation into leaks of confidential documents alleging corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials.(17th March)
• Burma signs an agreement with the International Labour Organization to end forced labour by 2015.(17th March)
• China expresses concern at North Korea's intention to launch a satellite next month to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth.(17th March)
• Julian Assange announces plans to run for the Senate of Australia despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom.(17th March)
• Personal documents released from the papers of Margaret Thatcher show the former British Prime Minister held a private meeting with Rupert Murdoch at Chequers weeks before his purchase of Times Newspapers in 1981.(17th March)
• Pakistani villagers find 13 bodies with bullet wounds in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas near Afghanistan as security forces step up an offensive.(18th March)
• A Superleague Greece match between Athens football clubs Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to parts of the Athens Olympic Stadium.(18th March)
• Joachim Gauck is elected President of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal Assembly.(18th March)
• Dinesh Trivedi resigns as India's Minister for Railways following a negative response to fare increases.(18th March)
• Ali Daei, Iran's football legend and the world's all-time leading goalscorer, is rushed to hospital following a serious car accident.(18th March)
• In motor sports, British driver Jenson Button of McLaren wins the 2012 Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the 2012 Formula One season.(18th March)
• The Somali National Theatre reopens in Mogadishu more than two decades after it was closed amid civil war.(19th March)
• The International Atomic Energy Agency receives an invitation from North Korea to visit.(19th March)
• The European Union threatens trade sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Isles over a disagreement about fishing rights.(19th March)
• Fans and police clash and damage the Olympic Stadium in Athens two hours ahead of a match between Panathenians and Piraeus.(19th March)
• Human Rights Watch raises claims of serious human rights abuses in a clash between Myanmar Armed Forces and the Kachin Independence Army in a dispute in Kachin State that has displaced approximately 75,000 people.(20th March)
• John Carter records one of the biggest losses in cinema history, forcing Disney to take a $200 million writedown.(20th March)
• India's official poverty rate falls to an all-time record low of 29.8% for the 2009-2010 survey.(20th March)
• A Pakistani parliamentary committee calls for an end to NATO drone strikes and an apology for an air strike in November 2011 that killed 24 Pakistani Army soldiers.(20th March)
• United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns the Syrian government and President Bashar al-Assad to follow the United Nations peace plan "or face increasing pressure and isolation".(21st March)
• Burma invites observers from ASEAN, the European Union and the United States to monitor next week's series of by-elections.(21st March)
• Syrian armed forces continue to shell the city of Hama and at least 59 civilians are reported killed across Syria, in Idlib, Homs, Hama, Daraa, Lattakia, Aleppo and Damascus.(22nd March)
• The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office says that Whitney Houston's official cause of death was drowning as a result of cocaine use.(22nd March)
• Ireland officially falls back into recession.(22nd March)
• In the United States, about 350,000 people filed for unemployment benefits, hitting a four-year low, according to the United States Labor Department.(22nd March)
• A large fire sweeps through Hatibagan market, one of the oldest in the Indian city of Calcutta, destroying most of the buildings.(22nd March)
• In a statement by Pope Benedict XVI he says that Communism does not work for Cuba and that he is ready to help the island find new ways to move forward in a peaceful manner.(23rd March)
• A small piece of Kosmos 2251 satellite debris from the 2009 satellite collision safely passes by the International Space Station, allowing the six Expedition 30 crew members onboard the orbiting complex to exit their Soyuz spacecraft and resume normal activities.(24th March)
• China announces phase-out practice of taking and selling organs from executed prisoners.(24th March)
• The Sunday Times releases a video showing British Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas allegedly offering undercover reporters access to UK Prime Minister David Cameron for £250,000.(24th March)
• A roadside bomb in southern Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, detonates on a joint Afghan-NATO convoy killing six Afghan police, one U.S. soldier, and one translator.(25th March)
• Kofi Annan and a special UN peace envoy meet with President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev to discuss adopting a harder stance on Syria and Bashar al-Assad.(25th March)
• New Zealand changes two road rules regarding priority at intersections, including reversing the drive-on-the-left nation's unique rule that gave right-turning traffic priority over left-turning traffic.(25th March)
• In golf, Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament in Orlando, his first US PGA Tour victory since 2009.(25th March)
• A Tibetan protester self-immolates during a protest in the Indian capital New Delhi, ahead of a visit by the Chinese president Hu Jintao.(26th March)
• Somali pirates hijack an Iranian-owned cargo ship with 23 crew in waters off the Maldives - the first hijacking in such territory.(26th March)
• Oil is discovered in Kenya by London based Tullow Oil.(26th March)
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is placed under formal investigation in France over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.(26th March)
• Canadian filmmaker and adventurer James Cameron becomes the first person in fifty years to visit the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on earth in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger.(26th March)
• Six South African rugby players from the Motherwell Rugby Club are feared dead after being swept out to sea from Port Elizabeth.(26th March)
• A landmine explosion in Maharashtra, India, allegedly by Maoist insurgents, kills 15 policemen and injures 13 others.(27th March)
• Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook arrives in China for talks with government officials to clear up problems in the firm's biggest growth market, including the contested iPad trademark and treatment of local labor.(27th March)
• World leaders meet at a summit in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss nuclear security.(27th March)
• Syrian forces attack the central town of Qalaat al-Madiq as Arab League ministers meet in Baghdad.(28th March)
• Pope Benedict XVI calls for greater openess in Cuba during a speech in Revolution Square, Havana.(28th March)
• The Government of Fiji seizes a controlling interest in subsidiary Air Pacific from the Australian airline Qantas. Qantas remains in control of its equity in the airline.(28th March)
• The United States suspends planned food aid to North Korea, after the latter plans to launch a rocket next month.(28th March)
• Detained Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is allowed a visit from family, for the first time in two years.(28th March)
• Along with posting a net loss, smart phone pioneer Research in Motion announces major shake-ups in executive ranks and a strategic review, which does not rule out a sale of the company, known for its BlackBerry.(29th March)
• Hana Shalabi, the Palestinian woman imprisoned without charge by Israel, ends her 43-day hunger strike and is exiled to the Gaza Strip.(29th March)
• News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch says he will "hit back hard" after the BBC's Panorama alleged one of News Corp's subsidiary companies encouraged viewers to access pay-TV rival ITV Digital content for free.(29th March)
• The UK government says that viaspan, a solution used to preserve some donor organs, could be contaminated with bacteria after routine tests detected Bacillus cereus in the solution used to test the sterility of viaspan.(29th March)
• A United States drone attack kills two alleged militants in the Pakistani town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan.(30th March)
• Australian artist Tim Storrier wins the 2012 Archibald Prize for a self-portait The "historic wayfarer" (after Bosch).(30th March)
• VISA and MasterCard warn banks across the United States about a "massive" breach of security with more than ten million credit card numbers potentially compromised.(30th March)
• Huanglongbing or citrus greening, a disease which has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is discovered in a residential section of Los Angeles County, California, in the United States.(30th March)
• Malaysia expels 173 Indonesian workers for various legal violations.(30th March)
• Naoki Tanaka, Japan's Minister of Defense, issues orders to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it falls towards Japanese territory.(30th March)
• The United States' two acting unions, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, agree to merge forming the SAG-AFTRA.(31st March)
• Turkey reduces its purchases of Iranian oil by 20%.(31st March)
• Chinese police arrest six people and shut down 16 websites for allegedly spreading rumours that military vehicles were on the streets of Beijing.(31st March)
• The Indonesian People's Representative Council vetoes plans to increase the price of fuel by thirty per cent this weekend.(31st March)

World Current Affairs, March 2012 (Part-1)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of March 2012. I hope viewers may like it and express their feelings. This is the first set of World Current Affairs, March 2012.

• A bomb explodes on a Turkish police bus in Istanbul injuring three people.(1st March)
• Two members of the NATO International Security Assistance Force are killed in southern Afghanistan, one of whom is believed to be a member of the Afghan Army.(1st March)
• Brazil announces the continuation of a "currency war" with the European Union and the United States with the extension of a financial transaction tax on foreign borrowings.(1st March)
• Vietnam claims that the People's Republic of China has assaulted Vietnamese fishermen in disputed waters in the South China Sea.(1st March)
• Americans working for non-government organisations who had been facing trial in Egypt are allowed to leave.(1st March)
• The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for the Sudanese defence minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein.(1st March)
• New research concludes that the Earth's oceans may be growing more acidic at a faster rate than any time in the past 300 million years.(1st March)
• At least 33 people die in a clash between the Pakistan Army and militants in Tirah Valley in the Bara area of Khyber.(2nd March)
• The US space agency NASA claims that it was hacked 13 times last year compromising security.(2nd March)
• 25 of the 27 members of the European Union sign a new "fiscal compact", the exceptions being the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic.(2nd March)
• Anglican Church officials in Christchurch, New Zealand, announce that the 131-year-old landmark ChristChurch Cathedral will need to be demolished, having suffered severe damage from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftershocks.(2nd March)
• Tornados hit the midwestern and southern United States two days after the 2012 Leap Day tornado outbreak.(2nd March)
• Libyans protest outside a courthouse building in Benghazi calling for it to reopen rather than be used as a militia headquarters.(2nd March)
• Meta-analysis of 42 previous studies concludes chocolate may be good for the heart.(2nd March)
• Two trains crash in the small Polish town of Szczekociny near Zawiercie, with 13 people killed and up to 50 people injured.(3rd March)
• Early returns in the Iranian legislative election show the conservative opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doing well.(3rd March)
• Authorities in Tajikistan close access to Facebook and sites with material critical of President Emomali Rakhmon.(3rd March)
• The People's Republic of China announces plans to increase defence spending by 11.2 per cent in 2012.(4th March)
• A report finds that 160 children from the Chinese town of Dongtang in Guangdong Province's Renhua County are suffering from lead poisoning.(4th March)
• A hunt is underway for a thief who stole the heart of Saint Laurence O'Toole at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.(4th March)
• Paul McBride QC, Scotland's most senior lawyer, is found dead in a hotel room while on a visit to Pakistan.(4th March)
• Gunmen disguised as police kill 27 members of Iraq's security forces in the town of Haditha.(5th March)
• "The Lorax" brings in US$70.7M during its opening weekend, the highest opener of 2012, and fifth highest total for an animated film ever.(5th March)
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama meet at the White House.(5th March)
• The Sea Shepherd anti-whaling organisation claims to have closed down Japan's main whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, deep inside the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast.(5th March)
• The United States files an application in New Zealand to extradite Kim Dotcom and three of his associates in MegaUpload to face charges of breaching copyright.(5th March)
• A study finds a correlation between snoring as a toddler and behavior problems later in childhood.(5th March)
• The Apple App Store passes 25 billion downloads.(5th March)
• Turkish Airlines begins a service to Somalia, the first regular service to the capital Mogadishu except regional East African flights to operate in twenty years.(6th March)
• A 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Philippines near Masbate City on the island of Masbate causing some injuries.(6th March)
• Human Rights Watch claims that the Government of Japan has been too slow in providing health care to survivors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.(6th March)
• A Saudi Arabian diplomat is killed in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.(6th March)
• The European Commission is involved in controversy over a video promoting EU enlargement that is perceived as racist.(6th March)
• Chris Cairns, former New Zealand cricket team captain, begins a UK High Court action for libel damages over an accusation on Twitter that he was involved in match-fixing.(6th March)
• Swedish media report that the country has been helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of a weapons factory.(7th March)
• China describes Tibetan monks that have self-immolated as "criminals" and accuses the Dalai Lama of supporting the acts.(7th March)
• The biggest solar flare in five years that occurred on March 6 nears Earth with the capacity to disrupt power grids, GPS systems and airline flights.(7th March)
• Physicists from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory report data suggesting the elusive hypothesized Higgs boson ("God particle") may have been detected.(7th March)
• Greece secures a debt-restructuring deal with private lenders.(8th March)
• Spanx inventor Sara Blakely becomes the youngest self-made female billionaire on Forbes' list.(8th March)
• The first full map of the debris field of the remains of the RMS Titanic is announced.(8th March)
• A study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in imperfectly matched transplant cases.(8th March)
• One person is killed and 20 injured in a hotel fire in Bangkok, Thailand.(9th March)
• China returns 31 North Korean refugees to North Korea, according to activists.(9th March)
• Air raids in Bayda kill 10 Al-Qaeda militants.(10th March)
• A fire in Peru destroys half a million textbooks and other education materials.(10th March)
• Hundreds of nude cyclists take to the street in Lima, Peru to protest unsafe road conditions.(10th March)
• Frank Sherwood Rowland, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for warning about the depletion of the ozone layer, dies in the US state of California.(10th March)
• A US soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.(11th March)
• The Government of Pakistan bans the Islamist group Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat.(11th March)
• Around 100 people are killed in ethnic clashes and cattle raids in South Sudan.(12th March)
• The People's Republic of China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade, indicating a slowing economy.(12th March)
• United States Census Bureau - World Population Clock: "7 Billion" people in the World already.(12th March)
• Sri Lanka orders media outlets to get prior approval before sending mobile phone alerts about the military or police.(12th March)
• Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demanding the government step down and hold elections.(12th March)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica, the oldest encyclopedia still in print in the English language, announces that it will no longer be producing printed versions but continuing online editions.(13th March)
• The United States, Japan, and the European Union file a case against China at the WTO regarding export restrictions on rare earth metals.(13th March)
• At least 30 people are dead and dozens missing after the MV Shariatpur 1 ferry carrying 200 people collides with an oil tanker. It capsizes on the Meghna River in Bangladesh's Munshiganj District near the capital Dhaka.(13th March)
• Argentina's Supreme Court rules that abortions following rape are not punishable.(13th March)
• British police arrest six people on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to phone hacking in the media including Rebekah Brooks, a former top executive of News International.(13th March)
• A research study conducted by Harvard Medical School shows that red meat increases the risk of death and has other negative health implications.(13th March)
• More than 10,000 Peruvian illegal gold miners clash with police in an attempt to gain control over the regional capital Puerto Maldonado.(14th March)
• The United Kingdom towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are awarded city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.(14th March)
• A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan causing a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aomori prefecture on the island of Hokkaido.(14th March)
• Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly starts questioning the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his handling of the economy.(14th March)
• Turkish intelligence reports claim that approximately 20,000 Syrian soldiers have deserted from the government forces in less than a month.(15th March)
• A free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea comes into effect.(15th March)
• The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces a cut of 2000 positions in the public service.(15th March)
• Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama is responsible for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks.(15th March)

Indian Current Affairs, February 2012

Hello viewers. This time I bring the current affairs of the last month that is February 2012 which is totally India related. I hope visitors may like it. This is the set of Indian Current Affairs, February 2012.

• Reserve Bank of India has said that all private sector banks will now be considered eligible to handle any Central or State Government business at par with public sector banks. Till now, only three private banks, namely ICICI Bank Ltd, HDFC Bank Ltd and Axis Bank Ltd were appointed by RBI as its agents to carry out limited general banking business. In a notification issued from Mumbai yesterday, RBI said that this move would improve customer convenience by increasing the number of customer service outlets.(February 1)
• India and Sri Lanka held the first defence dialogue that focused on regional security situation and maritime security in the Indian Ocean region. The inaugural defence dialogue, to be an annual feature, was led by the Defence Secretaries of both the countries in New Delhi.(February 2)
• The Enforcement Directorate, ED has filed a charge sheet against the sacked Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Commission or OC, Suresh Kalmadi alongwith five of his colleagues for alleged financial irregularities in the Queens Baton Relay event held in 2009 in London. Our correspondent reports that the chargesheet was filed in New Delhi under the Foreign Exchange Management Act for violating Reserve bank of India Guidelines while making payments in the conduct of the Queens Baton Relay.(February 3)
• The economic growth is likely to fall to a three-year low of 6.9 per cent in 2011-12, mainly due to sharp slowdown in manufacturing, agriculture and mining sectors, against 8.4 per cent expansion in the last fiscal.(February 5)
• S&P cautioned India that its sovereign credit rating could tilt slightly towards ‘negative’ if effective action was not taken to counter “the balance of risk factors” emanating from economic uncertainties at home and abroad.(February 6)
• Facebook India today filed its compliance report before the Delhi court, which had ordered it along with 21 other websites, to remove objectionable content from their websites. Google India also told the court that it has removed certain web pages from the Internet on which objections were raised by the petitioners.(February 7)
• The Union Railway minister Mr. Dinesh Trivedy will hold discussion with the Chhattisgarh government today in Raipur regarding the extension of railway services in the state. The Railway Minister will take stock of several projects which include setting up of a railway freight corridor in this mineral-rich state.(February 8)
• The Madhya Pradesh government has transferred eight IAS officers including three district collectors in the state.(February 9)
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directs Central Ministries to give top priority to the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project; PMO to directly monitor progress of the project.(February 10)
• Corporate Affairs Minister M Veerappa Moily has said that the National Competition Policy would be in place by next month-end. Speaking at ‘India Corporate and Investor Meet’, organised by his Ministry and CII in Bangalore yesterday, Mr. Moily said, he would soon move the Cabinet and will have the National Competition Policy by March 31. Mr. Moily said, he expects this policy to trigger the second generation of reforms after 1991.(February 11)
• Election Commission seeks President’s intervention in alleged defiance of its orders by Law Minister Salman Khurshid over sub-quota for minorities.(February 12)
• Campaigning for the third phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ends this evening; Polling on Wednesday.(February 13)
• Law Minister Salman Khurshid has written a letter to the Election Commission of India saying that the controversy created by his remarks on Minority subquota was unintentional.(February 14)
• India has got support of China, Brazil and South Africa, together called Basic, to counter European Union’s carbon tax on airlines flying into Europe.(February 15)
• Third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls in 56 constituencies begins amidst tight security.(February 16)
• BJP-Shiv Sena alliance set to retain its hold over Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.(February 17)
• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stayed away from the inauguration programme of the NSG hub in Kolkata by P Chidambaram today, reemphasizing her protest against the proposed NCTC that she argued, violates the spirit of federalism.(February 18)
• A nationwide immunization campaign for Polio is on today; More than 17 crore children being administered polio drops.(February 19)
• The Delhi Police have prepared a list of more than two dozen markets, which deal in the sale of magnet, to trace the bomber who had placed the ‘sticky bomb’ on the Innova car of an Israeli embassy diplomat last Monday.(February 20)
• On Tuesday, Meira Kumar will become the first Lok Sabha speaker to visit Pakistan in an official delegation. She told Saubhadra Chatterji how this parliamentary diplomacy will strengthen Indo-Pak people-to-people ties.(February 21)
• The bridge over river Yamuna near Kalpi town is considered the gateway to Bundelkhand. Rajesh Kumar Singh reports.(February 22)
• Sensex swings between green and red in afternoon trade; Rupee appreciates 9 paise to 49.21 rupees against dollar.(February 23)
• Coming down heavily on the Centre and Delhi Police, the SC on Thursday ordered the prosecution of police personnel involved in the crackdown on Ramdev and his supporters at Ramlila Maidan on June 5 last year.(February 24)
• Home Minister writes to ten Chief Ministers on National Counter Terrorism Centre issue; says countering terrorism is a shared responsibility.(February 25)
• India to take on Australia in the tri-series one day international cricket match at Sydney today.(February 26)
• Indian men’s Hockey Team qualifies for Olympics after eight years defeating France 8-1 in the qualifying final.(February 27)
• Supreme Court directs the Centre to implement the interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner.(February 28)
• In a major operation, Delhi Police has arrested two suspected LeT terrorists who were allegedly planning to carry out terror strikes in the capital targeting vital installations and VVIPs.(February 29)

BAFTA Awards 2012

The BAFTAs are Britain’s top movie honours and the most prestigious industry awards outside of the United States. Following is a list of winners of the main awards in 2012.

Catagory	Winner
Best Film	The Artist
Outstanding British Film:	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director	Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Leading Actor	Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Leading Actress	Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Supporting Actor	Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Supporting Actress	Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Outstanding British Debut	“Tyrannosaur”
Film Not In The English Language	The Skin I Live In
Original Screenplay	Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Adapted Screenplay	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Documentary	Senna
Animated Film	Rango

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2012

Hello visitors. This time I am giving you the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2012. I hope you may like it.

54th Grammy Awards Winners List:

Record of the year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Album of the year: “21,” Adele

Song of the year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best new artist: Bon Iver

Pop vocal album:“21,” Adele

Pop solo performance:“Someone Like You,” Adele

Pop duo/group performance:“Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse

Pop instrumental album:“The Road From Memphis,” Booker T. Jones

Traditional pop vocal album:“Duets II,” Tony Bennett and various artists

Electronica/dance album:“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites,” Skrillex

Dance recording:“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites,” Skrillex

Rock album:“Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters

Rock performance:“Walk,” Foo Fighters

Hard rock/metal performance:“White Limo,” Foo Fighters

Rock song:“Walk,” Foo Fighters

Rap album:“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West

Rap performance:“Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West

Rap/sung collaboration:“All Of The Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Rap song:“All Of The Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Alternative music album:“Bon Iver,” Bon Iver

R&B album:Chris Brown, “F.A.M.E.”

R&B performance:“Is This Love,” Corinne Bailey Rae

Traditional R&B performance:“Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

R&B song:“Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

Country album:“Own the Night,” Lady Antebellum

Country solo performance:“Mean,” Taylor Swift

Country duo/group performance:“Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars

Country song:“Mean,” Taylor Swift

New age album:“What’s It All About,” Pat Metheny

Jazz vocal album:“The Mosaic Project,” Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists

Improvised jazz solo:“500 Miles High,” Chick Corea, soloist

Jazz instrumental album:“Forever,” Corea, Clarke and White

Large jazz ensemble album:“The Good Feeling,” Christian McBride Big Band

Gospel/Contemporary Christian music performance:“Jesus,” Le’Andria Johnson

Gospel song:“Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian music song:“Blessings,” Laura Story

Gospel album:“Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian music album:“And If Our God Is For Us…,” Chris Tomlin

Latin pop, rock or urban album:“Drama Y Luz,” Mana

Regional Mexican or Tejano album:”Bicentenario,” Pepe Aguilar

Banda or Norteño album:“Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends,” Los Tigres Del Norte

Tropical Latin album:“The Last Mambo,” Cachao

Americana album:“Ramble at the Ryman,” Levon Helm

Bluegrass album:“Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss and Union Station

Blues album:“Revelator,” Tedeschi Trucks Band

Folk album:“Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars

Regional roots album:“Rebirth of New Orleans,” Rebirth Brass Band

Reggae album:“Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life,” Stephen Marley

World music album:“Tassili,” Tinariwen

Children’s album:“All About Bullies…Big and Small,” Various artists

Spoken word album:“If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t),” Betty White

Comedy album:“Hilarious,” Louis C.K.

Musical theater album:“The Book of Mormon,” Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Compilation soundtrack for visual media:“Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1,” Various artists, Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers

Score soundtrack for visual media:“The King’s Speech,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

Song written for visual media:“I See The Light,” Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi) (From “Tangled”)

Instrumental composition:“Life In Eleven,” Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)

Instrumental arrangement:“Rhapsody In Blue,” Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s):“Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me),” Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

Recording package:“Scenes From The Suburbs,” Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

Boxed or special limited edition package:“The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story,” Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

Album notes:“Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s,” Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Historical album:“Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition),” Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Producer of the year, non-classical:Paul Epworth

Engineered album, non-classical:“Paper Airplane,” Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

Remixed recording, non-classical:“Cinema (Skrillex Remix),” Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)

Surround sound album:“Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition),” Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

Engineered album, classical:“Aldridge: Elmer Gantry,” Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the year, classical:Judith Sherman

Orchestral performance:“Brahms: Symphony No. 4,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Opera recording:“Adams: Doctor Atomic,” Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Choral performance:“Light & Gold,” Eric Whitacre, conductor

Small ensemble performance:“Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide,” Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

Classical instrumental solo:“Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra,” Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Classical vocal solo:“Diva Divo,” Joyce DiDonato

Contemporary classical composition:“Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry,” Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Short form music video:“Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Long form music video:“Foo Fighters: Back And Forth,” Foo Fighters

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar-2011

Sahitya Akademi announced its first annual Yuva Puraskar in 16 languages February13,2012 ; the rest of the languages will be declared at a later date except Dogri and Sindhi. Six books of poetry,one of novel, five of short stories, one of biography, one of essay and two of plays have won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva uraskar.

Language	Title and Genre	Author
Assamese	ANUSILON (ESSAYS)	ARINDAM BORKATAKI
Bengali	DANAOWLA MANUS (SHORT STORIES)	BINOD GHOSHAL
English	MY NAME IS GAUHAR JAAN! - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MUSICIAN (BIOGRAPHY)	VIKRAM SAMPATH
Gujarati	ANTIM YUDDHA (PLAY)	DHWANIL PAREKH
Hindi	KAHTE HAIN TAB SHANSHAAH SO RAHE THE (POETRY)	UMA SHANKAR CHOUDHARY
Kannada	NELADA KARUNEYA DANI (POETRY)	VEERANNA MADIWALARA
Kashmiri	PATTE LEJI ZOON DARAS(POETRY)	NISAR AZAM
Konkani	NIRNAY (SHORT STORIES)	JOFA GONSALVES
Maithili	HATHAT PARIVARTAN (PLAY)	ANAND KUMAR JHA
Malayalam	MARANA VIDYALAYAM (SHORT STORIES)	SUSMESH CHANDROTH
Marathi	BHUISHASTRA (POETRY)	AISHWARYA PATEKAR
Odia	GAAN (POETRY)	GAYATRIBALA PANDA
Punjabi	AMRIT VELA (POETRY)	PARAMVEER SINGH
Rajasthani	PEER (SHORT STORIES)	DULA RAM SAHARAN
Tamil	SEVALKATTU (NOVEL)	M. THAVASI
Telugu	MOLOKALAPUNNAMI (SHORT STORIES)	VEMPALLI GANGADHAR

World Current Affairs, February 2012 (Part - 2)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of February 2012. I hope viewes may like it and express their feelings. This is the second set of World Current Affairs, february 2012.

• The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, a painting by Francis Bacon, sells at Christie's for £21.3 million, the second most valuable work of post-war contemporary art sold at the London auction house.(15th february)
• Sony admits it increased the price of two Whitney Houston albums hours after she was found in the bathtub of her hotel room last Saturday. Fans react with outrage.(15th february)
• 358 people perish in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua. Many others are injured.(15th february)
• A United States drone attack kills five militants in the Pakistani town of Spalga in north Waziristan.(16th February)
• Two time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid dies suddenly at age 43 of an acute asthma attack.(16th February)
• Four World Trade Center's construction crane snaps while lifting a steel.(16th February)
• South Korean silicon chip maker Hynix Semiconductor claims that a US court has rejected an antitrust claim against it by Rambus Inc.(16th February)
• Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in the US city of Detroit, Michigan.(16th February)
• Libya celebrates the first anniversary of the start of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.(17yh february)
• Dozens are killed and wounded as fighting intensifies between the Russian forces and the local Muslim insurgents in Chechnya and Dagestan.(17yh february)
• Thieves break into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece. stealing between 60 and 70 artifacts of the ancient Olympic Games.(17yh february)
• The World Bank announces plans to select a new President to replace Robert Zoellick when his term expires in June.(17yh february)
• The United Kingdom and France sign a deal to improve cooperation on nuclear energy.(17yh february)
• Christian Wulff, the President of Germany, resigns over a corruption scandal.(17yh february)
• Violence breaks out in Dakar, Senegal, during an anti-government protest.(18th february)
• The Russian Army loses 17 soldiers while fighting in a day long battle with insurgents in the North Caucasus region.(18th february)
• The funeral of American entertainer Whitney Houston is held at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.(18th february)
• The Italian film Caesar Must Die wins the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.(18th february)
• Former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is summoned by French police to face questions about alleged involvement in a prostitution ring in the city of Lille.(18th february)
• A suicide bomber kills at least 19 officers and cadets and injures 26 outside an Iraqi police academy in northeastern Baghdad.(19th february)
• Australians commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin by Japan during World War II.(19th february)
• A record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during the Rio de Janeiro carnival.(19th february)
• Iran ceases oil exports to France and the United Kingdom, in a retaliatory move against European Union sanctions.(19th february)
• India's Kingfisher Airlines cancels 16 flights from Mumbai and stops operations in Kolkata over the next four days.(19th february)
• President of France Nicolas Sarkozy has the first big rally of his re-election campaign in Marseille.(19th february)
• Samsung Electronics announces plans to spin off its LCD business.(20th february)
• The price of oil reaches an eight month high following Iran banning sales to Britain and France on Sunday.(20th february)
• Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, orders an inquiry into the death of six people at a stampede at the Bhavnath Hindu temple in the Junagadh district over the weekend.(20th february)
• International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear inspectors arrive in Tehran to hold discussions about Iran's nuclear program.(20th february)
• Scientists report regenerating specimens of Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record for oldest plant sucessfully regenerated.(20th february)
• Thailand sends an extradition request to Malaysia for one of the five Iranian nationals suspected of involvement in the bombings in Bangkok earlier this month.(21st february)
• The 2012 BRIT Awards for British popular music are held in O2 Arena in London with Adele, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay among the winners.(21st february)
• Celebrations of Losar, the Tibetan Buddhist New Year, are cancelled in the People's Republic of China due to a wave of immolations.(21st february)
• The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez confirms that doctors in Cuba have found a lesion and he will have to undergo an operation.(21st february)
• Hundreds of Afghans hold violent protests against the alleged burning of Qurans at the Bagram Airbase north of Kabul.(22nd february)
• The International Atomic Energy Agency states that Iran has denied inspectors access to the Parchin military site where it believes that suspicious nuclear activities may be taking place.(22nd february)
• Kevin Rudd resigns as Foreign Minister of Australia after alleged "attacks on credibility" by supporters of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.(22nd february)
• Wikileaks suspect United States Army Private Bradley Manning is formally charged ahead of a court martial.(23rd february)
• Tens of thousands rally at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium in support of the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's candidacy for President of Russia in the upcoming election on March 4th.(23rd february)
• Representatives of more than seventy countries meet in Tunisia to discuss supporting the opposition in the Syrian uprising.(24th february)
• The Taliban attacks a Pakistani police station in Peshawar killing four officers.(24th february)
• Air Zimbabwe suspends all of its flights indefinitely.(24th february)
• Haiti's prime minister Garry Conille resigns after a power struggle within the government.(24th february)
• Two U.S. officers are killed inside the Ministry of Interior in the Afghan capital Kabul.(25th february)
• Treasure from the Spanish Navy frigate Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes returns to Spain after being recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2007.(25th february)
• The Artist wins four awards including best film at the Independent Spirit Awards 2011 held in Santa Monica.(25th february)
• A G-20 finance ministers meeting is held in Mexico City to discuss progress in the Eurozone bailout.(25th february)
• A bribery case against former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi is dismissed due to the statute of limitations having expired.(25th february)
• The World Health Organisation removes India from the list of polio endemic countries with only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria remaining.(25th february)
• France and Germany follow the United States and United Kingdom in withdrawing civilian staff from Afghan government facilities following the killing of two senior NATO officers.(26th february)
• Chandra Bahadur Dangi is verified by Guinness World Records to be the world's shortest person ever, beating the record long held by Gul Mohammed.(26th february)
• Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation launches the The Sun on Sunday to replace the News of the World, which closed due to a phone hacking controversy.(26th february)
• Two members of the Italian Marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen will be prosecuted under Indian law. (26th february)
• Jailed U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning, U.S. political scientist Gene Sharp and news network Al Jazeera are among those known to have been nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.(27th february)
• Internet portal company Yahoo warns social network company Facebook that it believes Facebook has infringed on several Yahoo patents, between 10 and 20.(27th february)
• WikiLeaks begins disclosing 5 million e-mails from the private intelligence company Stratfor.(27th february)
• Singer Charlotte Church and her parents agree damages and costs of £600,000 (US$950,000) with Rupert Murdoch's News Group, publishers of the defunct News of the World.(27th february)
• A United States Department of Defense report finds that the partial remains of the victims of the September 11 attacks ended up at a military landfill site.(28th february)
• Millions of workers in India go on strike to demand improved rights and express anger at rising prices.(28th february)
• European Union Foreign Ministers support Serbia's candidacy to join the European Union despite opposition from Romania.(28th february)
• Two new species of prehistoric penguin are discovered - Kairuku grebneffi and Kairuku waitaki. Standing nearly 5ft tall, Kairuku grebneffi is the largest penguin ever discovered.(28th february)
• IBM claims to be on the verge of creating the world's first quantum computer.(28th february)
• James Murdoch resigns from News International to focus on running News Limited's television business with the News International phone hacking scandal as a factor in the decision.(29th february)
• North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for food aid.(29th february)
• The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez is recovering from the removal of a tumour from his pelvis in a Cuban hospital.(29th february)
• Egypt announces that a presidential election will held on May 23-24.(29th february)

World Current Affairs, February 2012 (Part - 1)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of February 2012. I hope viewes may like it and express their feelings. This is the first set of World Current Affairs, february 2012.

• The London Times reports that a secret NATO report claims that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is set to regain control over Afghanistan after international forces withdraw from the country.(1st February)
• Pakistan Air Force jets bomb militant positions in the Orakzai and Kurram Agency areas near the border with Afghanistan with claims that 31 alleged insurgents were killed.(1st February)
• American television host and producer Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.(1st February)
• The social network Facebook files for an initial public offering.(1st February)
• At least 73 people are killed as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.(1st February)
• The Zimbabwe Football Association suspends 80 players including members of the Zimbabwe national football team on suspicion of participation in match-fixing.(1st February)
• The Mexican Army sends 4,000 soldiers to Michoacán state as a result of recent violence.(2nd February)
• The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 350 people on board. Nearby commercial ships rescue 238 people from the sea.(2nd February)
• More than 110 people are killed across Europe as a result of a recent cold snap.(2nd February)
• The People's Republic of China asks for assistance from South Sudan to obtain the release of 29 Chinese workers held captive in Sudan for five days.(2nd February)
• The Supreme Court of India cancels 122 telecom licences granted in the 2008 sale at the centre of a corruption scandal involving former minister A. Raja.(2nd February)
• Egyptian comedian Adel Imam is sentenced to three months in prison for insulting Islam.(2nd February)
• Prince William arrives in the Falkland Islands for a tour of duty as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot. His deployment comes at a time of high tension between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the sovereignty of the islands.(2nd February)
• Seven Pakistan Army soldiers are killed and three others wounded following a Taliban attack in the Kurram Agency.(3rd february)
• Hungarian airline Malév ceases operation as its aircraft are grounded due to unpaid debts.(3rd february)
• At least three people die and 50 are injured after a passenger train derails in the Kamrup district in India's Assam state.(3rd february)
• Thousands of Australians are evacuated in northern New South Wales and Queensland due to rising floodwaters with parts of Queensland declared as a disaster area.(3rd february)
• The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia increases the sentence of Kang Kek Iew, or Duch, to life for running the Tuol Sleng prison camp under the Khmer Rouge.(3rd february)
• Major General Michael Linnington orders a court martial for US Private Bradley Manning responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to Wikileaks.(3rd february)
• The Football Association removes John Terry as captain of the England national football team over allegations of racial abuse of Anton Ferdinand during a match.(3rd february)
• The United Nations Security Council votes on an Arab League proposal to resolve problems in Syria with reports of hundreds of people dead in the past couple of days as a result of shelling in Homs - the People's Republic of China and Russia veto the resolution.(4th february)
• The Arab Parliament calls for Arab countries to sever relations with Syria.(4th february)
• Iran starts new military exercises as tensions rise over its nuclear program.(4th february)
• Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies at the age of 110 in the United Kingdom.(4th february)
• Over 100,000 people protest for and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow.(4th february)
• An explosion hits the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan in the North Sinai Governorate west of Arish.(5th february)
• More than 250 people have died of the cold weather in Europe, with Russia forced to reduce supplies of natural gas.(5th february)
• A Libyan starts court proceedings against 41 people accused of helping Muammar Gaddafi to attempt to suppress the opposition in the Libyan civil war.(5th february)
• Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah resigns as the Prime Minister of Kuwait following a strong performance by the Opposition in a recent parliamentary election.(5th february)
• In darts, England win the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts defeating Australia 4-3 in the final.(5th february)
• Hacker group Anonymous publishes hundreds of emails from President Bashar al-Assad's office.(6th february)
• The United States closes its embassy in Damascus, while the United Kingdom recalls its ambassador.(6th february)
• Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies, a pioneer of abstract art, dies in Barcelona at the age of 88.(6th february)
• The government of Greece fails to reach agreement over the terms of a new bailout from the European Union, but retracts the deadline they had given themselves to do so, 30 minutes before the deadline would have passed.(6th february)
• A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits near the central Philippines off the coast of Negros Island causing at least 13 deaths and 29 people missing with houses buried in a landslide in Guihulngan.(6th february)
• Queen Elizabeth II marks the 60th anniversary of her becoming the monarch of the United Kingdom and seven other sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations with events to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee set for later in the year.(6th february)
• Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and his entire cabinet resign after major social and political unrest in the country.(6th february)
• Maldives National Defence Force soldiers fire rubber bullets at police officers demonstrating in the capital Malé who are defying an order by President Mohamed Nasheed to crack down on protests.(7th february)
• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, states that Argentina will lodge a complaint with the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly about the alleged "militarisation" of the area around the Falkland Islands by the United Kingdom.(7th february)
• An anti-gay bill is reintroduced in the Ugandan parliament after it was previously withdrawn.(7th february)
• Pakistani officials claim that US drone missiles have killed ten people in Spalga village in North Waziristan.(8th february)
• Air France cancels long-haul flights due to a strike by staff.(8th february)
• Airbus announces that it will inspect the wings of all Airbus 380 aircraft for cracks.(8th february)
• The New Zealand Royal Commission on the Pike River Mine disaster hears that a collapse in the coal extraction area was the most likely cause of the fatal blast in the mine on November 19, 2010 that claimed 29 lives.(8th february)
• The death toll throughout Europe rises to over 400 with the Danube River freezing over for 170 km.(8th february)
• Three Bharatiya Janata Party Ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka – Laxman Savadi, C C Patil and J. Krishna Palemar – are forced to resign after footage is shown of them watching a pornographic video in the Legislative Assembly.(8th february)
• Fabio Capello resigns as the manager of England over continuing clashes with The Football Association (FA) following the sacking of John Terry as team captain, with Terry facing charges of racist abuse.(8th february)
• The United States Department of Defense issues new guidelines removing restrictions on use of women in combat.(9th february)
• Eastman Kodak Co. announces that it will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in an effort to save money during bankruptcy.(9th february)
• Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper goes on an official visit to China, meeting with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Vice-Premier Li Keqiang. The two countries sign trade deals worth over $3 billion.(9th february)
• Analyst Roland S. Martin is suspended from CNN over numerous offensive comments he made about gay men on Twitter during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI.(9th february)
• Egypt's military rulers warn of conspiracies that seek to topple the state and spread chaos one day before the one-year anniversary of the toppling of former President Hosni Mubarak.(10th february)
• A new book of poetry by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins is negatively reviewed by leading critic Professor Kevin Kiely, who says the President "can be accused of crimes against literature".(10th february)
• The Guard wins The Guardian's annual First Film award.(10th february)
• The death toll of a boat sunk with more than 70 people from Samaná, Dominican Republic, trying to illegally enter Puerto Rico, reaches 47.(10th february)
• A group of South Korean lawmakers make a rare visit to North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region.(10th february)
• Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges greater freedoms in Tibet, hours after two protesters are killed demanding the end of Chinese rule in the region; seven officials are also sacked for "neglecting state duties".(10th february)
• A Saudi blogger is detained by Malaysian police after fleeing Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad.(10th february)
• Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab says two Americans have been detained by Bahraini security forces and US Embassy is looking into the reports.(11th february)
• Activists in Egypt mark the first anniversary of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 Egyptian revolution with a strike and a day of civil disobedience.(11th february)
• American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the age of 48 at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.(11th february)
• Thousands of people march in Japan against the resumption of nuclear reactors that were closed after the Fukushima disaster last year.(11th february)
• The Arab League meets in Cairo to discuss sending a joint mission to Syria with the United Nations.(12th february)
• The historic Attikon cinema in Athens is set on fire following demonstrations over the latest round of economic austerity measures proposed by the government.(12th february)
• The 54th Grammy Awards for music are held at the Staples Center in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, with some of the show being re-worked to commemorate the late Whitney Houston.(12th february)
• The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Awards is held in London with The Artist winning the Award for best film.(12th february)
• A senior aide to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, is killed, and the Finance Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon is injured in a plane crash near the town of Bukavu.(12th february)
• A teenage Tibetan Buddhist nun Tenzin Choedon dies after setting herself on fire in protest against Chinese rule of Tibet in Sichuan province.(12th february)
• In football, the final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations played at Libreville, Gabon, between Zambia and Ivory Coast, with Zambia winning 8-7 on penalties in a shock result.(12th february)
• An explosion tears through an Israeli diplomat's car in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India; one woman is injured.(13th february)
• Explosives are found near the Israeli Embassy building in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi; the device is neutralized safely.(13th february)
• Beverly Hills police confirm Whitney Houston was underwater and unconscious when found in a bath in her Los Angeles hotel room last Saturday.(13th february)
• Barack Obama, the President of the United States, presents 16 people with the National Medal of Arts at the White House including actor Al Pacino, country music singer Mel Tillis and former United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove.(13th february)
• The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announces plans to cut 1000 jobs in Australia.(13th february)
• The European Union and United States approve Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of smartphone maker Motorola.(13th february)
• The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani appears before the Supreme Court of Pakistan to face contempt of court charges.(13th february)
• The president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, wins a new five-year term with 97% of the vote, according to election officials.(13th february)
• The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by the cruiser Cape St. George and the destroyer Sterett, sails through the Strait of Hormuz, close to the coast of Iran, for the second time in recent weeks.(14th february)
• A new statue of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is unveiled in the capital Pyongyang.(14th february)
• China issues new regulations on foreign television programmes being aired in the country - banning all imported programmes during prime time.(14th february)
• The World Bank announces that its President, Robert Zoellick, is stepping down when his term ends in June.(14th february)
• FIFA warns the Argentine Football Association (AFA) against renaming their top league after the ARA General Belgrano cruiser on which hundreds of people were killed after it was sunk by a British nuclear submarine in 1982. FIFA says such a move might breach rules on mixing politics with football.(14th february)

57th Filmfare Award Winners 2012

Catagory	Person
Best Costumes	Niharika Khan,The Dirty Picture
Best Sound Design	Nakul Kamte, Don-2
Best Production/Art Direction	Shashank Tere, Delhi Belly
Best Editing	Huzefa Lokhandwala, Delhi Belly
Best Cinematography	Carlos Catalon, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Action	Action Concepts, Don-2
Best Background Score	Ranjit Barot, Shaitan
Best SFX	Red Chillied VFX, RA.One
Best Choreographer	Bosco-Caesar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Debutant Female	Parineeti Chopra, Ladies V/s Ricky Bahl
Best Debutant Male	Vidyut Jamwal, Force
Best Debutant Director	Abhinay Deo, Delhi Belly
RD BURMAN award for Upcoming talent in field of music	Krsna, Tanu Weds Manu
Playback Singer Female	Rekha Bharadwaj and Usha Uthup, Darling (7 Khoon Maaf)
Playback Singer Male	Mohit Chauhan, Jo Bhi Mein Kehna Chahoon-Rockstar
Best Lyrics	Irshad Kamil-Nadaan Parindey, Rockstar
Best Music	A R Rahman, Rockstar
Idea Sony Scene Of the year	The Dirty Picture
Life-Time Achievement Award	Aruna Irani
Best Actor In a Supporting role(Female)	Rani Mukerji, No one killed Jessica
Best Actor In a Supporting role(Male)	Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Story	Sanjay Chouhan, I am Kalam
Best Screenplay	Akshat Verma, Delhi Belly
Best Dialogue	Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Critics’ Award for Best Film	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Critics’ Award for Best Actress	Priyanka Chopra, 7 Khoon Maaf
Critics’ Award for Best Actor	Ranbir Kapoor, Rockstar
Special Jury Certificate for Outstanding Talent	Partho Gupte, Stanley Ka Dabba
Best Director	Zoya Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Film	Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Actor (Female)	Vidya Balan

Khel Ratna Awards 2011

Dear visitors. This time I am presenting you the list of the winners of Khel Ratna Awards - 2011. Stay in touch for our next presentation.

Award Name	Field
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratn Awards 2011	.
Shri Gagan Narang	Shooting
Arjun Awards 2011	.
Shri Rahul Banerjee	Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics
Shri Vikas Gowda	Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta	Badminton
Shri M. Suranjoy Singh	Boxing
Shri Zaheer Khan	Cricket
Shri sunil Chhetri	Football
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V.	Kabaddi (Women)
Shri Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi (Men)
Shri Ashish Kumar	Gymnastics
Shri Rajpal Singh	Hockey (Men)
Ms. Tejeswini Ravindra Sawant	Shooting
Shri Veerdhawal Vikram Khade	Swimming
Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman	Tennis
Shri Sanjay Kumar	Volleyball
Shri Ravinder Singh	Wrestling
Naib Subedar Katulu Ravikumar	Weightlifting
Ms. Prasantha Karamakar	Swimming Paralympics
Dronacharaya Awards 2011	.
Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao	Boxing
Shri Devender Kumar Rathore	Gymnastics
Shri Ramphal	Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy	Athletics(Life time achievment)
Shri Rajinder Singh	Hockey(Life time achievment)
Dhyan Chand Award 2011	.
Shri Shabbir Ali	Football
Shri Sushil Kohli	Swimming
Shri Rajkumar	Wrestling

List of Shaurya Chakra Awardees -2011

Hi Friends.This time I am presenting to you the list of Shaurya Chakra Awardees -2011. I hope you may like it.

• Major Ravindra Kumar Gurang, Regiment Of Artillery Regiment.
• Major Shalender, 4^th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
• Subedar Manjeet Singh, 4^th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
• Naib Subedar Mengare Shankar Ganpati, 15th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry.
• Naib Subedar Lal Singh Khichi, Sena Medal, Raj Putana Rifles/57^th Battalion The Rashtriy A Rifles (Posthumous).
• Naik Sumer Singh, Regiment Of Artillery/18th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous).
• Naik sankar Tarafdar, Regiment Of Artillery/ 33^rd Field Regiment.
• Lance Naik Brij Kishore Dhami, 19th Battalion The Kumaon Regiment.
• 5048550P Rifleman Tej Bahadur Gurung, 1st Gorkha Rifles/ 15^th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles.
• Lieuten Commander Rohith Mohandas Nambiar (0562-A).
• Wing Commander Felix Pinto (23569), Flying Pilot.
• Oem Samsher Singh, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous –Brdb).
• GS-166845n Oem -2 Kanhaya Prasad, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous).
• Shri ravindra Kumar Singh, Assistant Commandant, Central Reserve Police Force.
• Captain Shakul Tyagi, Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited.
• Shri barket Ali, Spo, Village- Gouri Binloa, Tehsil- Thathri, District – Doa, Jammu And Kashmir (Posthumous).

World Current Affairs, January 2012(Part - 2)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of January 2012. I hope viewes may like it and express their feelings. This is the second set of World Current Affairs, January 2012.

• The King Center publishes online 200,000 personal papers belonging to Martin Luther King, Jr. to mark his birthday.(16th January)
• The online shoe retailer Zappos reports that up to 24 million customer accounts may have been accessed by hackers, and has warned its customers to change their passwords.(16th January)
• Syria rejects calls for Arab troops to intervene in the country's conflict.(17th January)
• Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns as chief executive officer.(17th January)
• Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, predicts the regime will fall if reforms are not made soon.(17th January)
• Abdollah Jassbi resigns as President of Islamic Azad University after near thirty years in position.(17th January)
• Federal prosecutors in the United States charge seven people with insider trading in shares of computer firm Dell Inc., alleging that the ring made a criminal profit of nearly $62 million.(18th January)
• The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, appears before Pakistan's Supreme Court, facing contempt proceedings that could see him barred from holding public office if found guilty.(18th January)
• A new Neptune-sized exoplanet is discovered by an amateur astronomer in Peterborough, England.(18th January)
• Kodak files for bankruptcy protection.(19th January)
• Five people are killed and thousands of others are affected following the first tropical storm to hit Mozambique since 1984.(19th January)
• News International pays out compensation to 37 people, including the actor Jude Law and politician John Prescott. over phone hacking by the News of the World.(19th January)
• The army of Bangladesh says it has foiled a military coup.(19th January)
• A decision by the International Telecommunication Union on whether to abolish the leap second is postponed until 2015 pending the results of further studies.(19th January)
• Several people are killed in a series of bomb explosions in the city of Kano, Nigeria.(20th January)
• The United Nations says 120,000 people in South Sudan required aid amid tribal fighting.(20th January)
• An Indonesian man is charged with blasphemy after saying that God does not exist on his Facebook page.(20th January)
• China warns Iran against developing nuclear weapons.(20th January)
• Around 2,000 women in Malawi stage a protest against attacks on women wearing trousers, who were stripped in the streets by unemployed youths and street vendors.(20th January)
• Leading international virologists agree to temporarily halt work on a more virulent strain of the H5N1 influenza virus, due to fears that an airborne strain of the lethal virus could be used by bioterrorists.(21st January)
• Egyptian police shoot two African migrants dead as they attempt to cross the border into Israel.(22nd January)
• Sri Lanka orders 161 foreign clerics from the Tablighi Jamaat movement to leave the country for breaking the terms of their tourist visas.(22nd January)
• At least 16 people drown after a passenger boat sinks off Iran's southern coast.(22nd January)
• Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces that he is to leave for treatment in the United States.(22nd January)
• End and Closing ceremony of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, showing Germany receiving the most medals at the Medal table, followed by China and Austria.(22nd January)
• A group of Gaddafi loyalists take control of part of the town of Bani Walid and fly the green flag after a battle with NTC forces left 5 dead and 20 injured.(23rd January)
• The European Union imposes more sanctions on Iran's banking and oil industries in response to Iran's nuclear program.(23rd January)
• The French Senate passes a bill that makes it illegal for citizens to deny the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire.(23rd January)
• Andrew Miller's novel Pure wins the 2011 Costa Book of the Year Award.(24th January)
• Apple Inc. announces that the technology generated over $127 billion in revenue during 2011. Apple sold over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads during the fourth quarter of 2011.(24th January)
• United States President Barack Obama presents his 2012 State of the Union Address to the United States Congress.(24th January)
• A Tibetan monk is shot dead in Sichuan, China, in the second violent clash this week as unrest spreads.(25th January)
• A United States rescue operation in Somalia frees two foreign hostages and kills nine pirates.(25th January)
• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iran is willing to talk about Iran's nuclear program with other leaders.(25th January)
• Illumina a U.S. based gene sequencing company, adopts a poison pill strategy to defend its independence against a hostile bid by Roche Holding.(26th January)
• Three people are killed and 16 missing after three office buildings collapse in Cinelândia square in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.(26th January)
• Chinese security forces shoot dead a young Tibetan man in Sichuan province, at least the third such killing this week.(27th January)
• 13 people are killed in three separate clashes between the Russian forces and Islamist militants in the Russian republics of Ingushetia, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkariya.(27th January)
• The Economic Commission for Africa says Africa's economy faces "serious" threats because of the Eurozone crisis and the Arab Spring.(27th January)
• Two sacks of cocaine are accidentally delivered to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.(27th January)
• Russia's Central Election Commission refuses to register opposition politician Grigory Yavlinsky of the Yabloko party, citing invalid signatures.(27th January)
• A media advisor to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard resigns after leaked information that led to a confrontation between Australian Aborigines and Gillard yesterday.(27th January)
• Twitter alters technology to enable country-specific censorship of messages.(27th January)
• Archbishop of York Dr. John Sentamu calls on the Church of England not to permit same-sex marriage.(28th January)
• The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa.(28th January)
• Eight sea lions are found shot dead in the U.S. state of Washington.(28th January)
• Israeli police enter the Red Cross compound and arrest two more Palestinian MPs associated with Hamas.(28th January)
• A poll finds most voters in Ireland want to see any new European Treaty put to a referendum, though the government remains undecided.(28th January)
• Approximately 300 people are arrested in the US city of Oakland, California during Occupy Oakland protests.(28th January)
• The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards is held in the US city of Los Angeles with Jean Dujardin winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in The Artist.(29th January)
• Cyclone Iggy kills 14 people and injures 60 over a four day period in Indonesia.(29th January)
• Greece rejects outright German proposals for direct European Union control of the country's financial affairs, expressing opposition to further outside interference.(29th January)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors begin a three-day visit to Iran.(29th January)
• At least three people are killed and 100 injured in clashes between Bangladeshi police and members of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party protesting against the government.(29th January)
• The President of France Nicolas Sarkozy outlines an economic reform package increasing taxes and proposing a new tax on financial transactions.(29th January)
• Tibetan advocacy groups claim that as many as seven ethnic Tibetans have been killed and 60 wounded in the past week in protests in China's Sichuan province bordering Tibet.(30th January)
• Sudanese officials claim that the army has freed 14 of 29 Chinese workers held by rebels in the South Kordofan region since last Saturday.(30th Janauary)
• A US drone airstrike kills 15 members of al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in the Yemeni town of Lawdar in the Abyan Governorate.(30th Janauary)
• The death toll from a fake medicine crisis at a cardiology hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, reaches 112.(30th Janauary)
• The People's Republic of China claims that 29 Chinese citizens abducted while working on a construction project in the Sudan are still missing.(31st January)
• An Afghan woman was killed by her husband and mother-in-law 3 months after giving birth to her third daughter after not producing a son.(31st January)
• Former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Fred Goodwin loses his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II as a result of the near collapse of the bank in 2008.(31st January)
• A search continues off Turkey's Black Sea coast for eight missing crew members of the Cambodia-flagged freighter the Vera.(31st January)
• The International Atomic Energy Agency gives its approval to nuclear reactor safety checks made by Japan.(31st January)
• China tightens control of monasteries and on main roads in Tibet following deadly protests in the region.(31st January)
• The Cabinet of Japan approves a bill to put a 40-year cap on the life of nuclear reactors following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.(31st January)
• In tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia wins the Men's Singles championship of the 2012 Australian Open defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 7–5.
• In the Netherlands, the Council of Ministers vote in favor of a ban on the Burqa, an outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions.

World Current Affairs, January 2012(Part - 1)

This time I am loading the current affairs of the world for the month of January 2012. I hope viewes may like it and express their feelings. This is the first set of World Current Affairs, January 2012.

• Syrian opposition groups say that over 5,800 people were killed in violence in 2011.(1st January)
• Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in parts of the country hit by violence by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.(1st January)
• Queen Elizabeth II appoints former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and British painter David Hockney to the Order of Merit.(1st January)
• Rio Tinto Alcan locks out hundreds of workers from a smelter in the Canadian town of Alma, Quebec.(1st January)
• The Iranian Navy test-fires a surface-to-air missile.(1st January)
• The second of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft is in orbit around the moon.(1st January)
• In football, the Swaziland national football team withdraws from the qualifying rounds of the Africa Cup of Nations due to financial constraints.(1st January)
• Hundreds of Muslim villagers clash with riot police in the Ningxia region of China after a mosque is demolished by local authorities.(2nd January)
• Iran states that it has successfully test-fired two long-range missiles, a Qader and a Noor, during military exercises in the Persian Gulf.(2nd January)
• Iranian news agencies report that the country has produced its first nuclear fuel rod.(2nd January)
• The military government of Fiji announces that it is to lift martial law and other emergency regulations.(2nd January)
• President of China Hu Jintao warns of attempts to "westernise" the country by "hostile powers".(2nd January)
• Germany's unemployment rate reportedly reaches its lowest level since 1991.(3rd January)
• Negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet in the Jordanian capital, Amman, for the first time in 16 months.(3rd January)
• Iran warns the United States not to send any more aircraft carriers into the Persian Gulf.(3rd January)
• South Korea lifts a temporary ban that it placed on travel to North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-Il.(3rd January)
• Libya appoints Yousef al-Manqoush as the new head of its armed forces.(3rd January)
• Two bombs explode in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri with the Boko Haram movement believed to be responsible.(4th January)
• The China Air Transport Association advises that Chinese airlines will not pay the carbon costs under the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme.(4th January)
• The military-backed civilian government of Burma (Myanmar) marks the anniversary of the country's independence by commuting prison sentences and releasing more than thirty prisoners.(4th January)
• The President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner temporarily hands over power to her Vice-President Amado Boudou ahead of surgery for thyroid cancer.(4th January)
• Former Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou announces that he will resign as head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.(4th January)
• Armed commandos will be ordered to protect endangered tigers in India's Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks.(4th January)
• Qatar's prime minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani says the Arab League monitors have made "mistakes" in Syria.(5th January)
• A series of explosions occur in mainly Shia Muslim neighbourhoods of Baghdad and in the city of Nasiriyah, with at least 73 killed and 149 wounded.(5th January)
• The Pakistan Taliban claims to have killed 15 security force members it kidnapped last month.(5th January)
• An alleged North Korean spy is indicted in South Korea.(5th January)
• The President of the United States Barack Obama announces a new defense strategy, cutting spending dramatically.(5th January)
• Portia Simpson Miller is sworn in for the second time as the Prime Minister of Jamaica.(5th January)
• The Ramnit worm steals more than 45000 Facebook logins and passwords.(6th January)
• A Tibetan protester sets himself on fire in Sichuan, China.(6th January)
• The Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announces that the country is to become a republic, with plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and the Jamaican monarchy in general.(6th January)
• Peter MacKay, Canadian Minister of Defence. marries Nazanin Afshin-Jam, an Iranian former beauty queen, in a private ceremony in Mexico.(6th January)
• Iran praises the United States Navy after American sailors rescued Iranian fishermen from armed pirates in the Arabian Sea.(7th January)
• Several of Bosnia's leading cultural institutions are due to close following funding disputes. The affected institutions include the National Library, the National Museum, the Historical Museum and the National Gallery.(7th January)
• Piracy in Somalia: Georgia announces 15 Georgian sailors held hostage by pirates for over a year are released through the government's efforts.(8th January)
• Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on the first stop of Ahmadinejad's Latin American tour.(9th January)
• A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 29 people and leaves over 50 others injured.(10th January)
• The Scottish Government announces that it plans to hold the referendum on Scottish independence in the autumn of 2014, but Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore tells the House of Commons that the power to hold a referendum is "reserved" to Westminster.(10th January)
• The United States denies any involvement in a bomb blast that killed an Iranian scientist.(11th January)
• The Burmese government signs a ceasefire with Karen rebels.(12th January)
• The Supreme Court of Israel upholds a law banning Palestinians who marry Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship.(12th January)
• The Standard & Poor's credit rating agency lowers its long-term credit ratings on the eurozone countries of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain by two notches each and Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia, and Slovenia by one notch each.(13th January)
• Lions Gate Entertainment, the largest independent studio in the United States, purchases Summit Entertainment for US$412.5 million.(13th January)
• Reforms in Burma: Burma announces a mass pardon for political prisoners, including student leader Min Ko Naing.(13th January)
• The cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground at the Isola del Giglio in the Mediterranean Sea with 11 deaths and 14 other casualties confirmed.(13th January)
• A suicide bomber kills at least 53 people and injures more than 130 in the Iraqi city of Basra.(14th January)
• A bomb detonates near a Shia Muslim procession in the Pakistani town of Khanpur, killing at least 18 people and wounding 30.(15th January)
• The Russian tanker Renda, accompanied by the US Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy, prepares to deliver fuel to Nome, Alaska. A fall storm had blocked an earlier fuel delivery, leaving the city facing fuel shortages.(15th January)
• Russia's unmanned Fobos-Grunt space probe re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after a failed mission to the Martian moon Phobos. The 13-ton spacecraft disintegrates over the southern Pacific Ocean at approximately 16:45 UTC. China's first Mars probe, Yinghuo-1, which was launched together with Fobos-Grunt, is also destroyed.(15th January)

Padma Vibhushan Awards 2012

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

Name	Field
Shri K G Subramanyan	Painting & Sculpture
Late Shri Mario De Miranda	Cartoonist
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika	Vocal Music
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti	Orthopedics
Shri T V Rajeswar	Civil Service

Padma Shri Awards 2012

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

Name	Field
Shri Vanraj Bhatia	Music
Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar	Music
Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi	Music
Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani	Yakshagana dance drama
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu	Playwright
Shri Shahid Parvez Khan	Instrumental Music-Sitar
Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar	Terracotta
Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar	Rajasthani Folk Music
Smt. Joy Michael	Theatre
Dr. Minati Mishra	Indian Classical Dance-Odissi
Shri Natesan Muthuswamy	Theatre
Smt. R. Nagarathnamma	Theatre
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri	Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam
Smt. Yamunabai Waikar	Indian Folk Music-Lavani
Shri Satish Alekar	Playwright
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey	Chhau dance and choreography
Shri Ramakant Gundecha	Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Shri Umakant Gundecha	Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Shri Anup Jalota	Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan	Cinema- Direction
Shri Sunil Janah	Photography
Ms. Laila Tyebji	Handicrafts
Shri Vijay Sharma	Painting
Smt. Shamshad Begum	Social Work
Smt. Reeta Devi	Social Work
Dr. P.K. Gopal	Social Work
Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav	Social Work
Dr. G. Muniratnam	Social Work
Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya	Social Work
Dr. Uma Tuli	Social Work
Shri Sat Paul Varma	Social Work
Smt.Binny Yanga	Social Work
Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam	Public Affairs
Shri Pravin H. Parekh	Pubic Affairs
Dr. V. Adimurthy	Science and Engineering
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha	Science and Engineering – Agriculture
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan	Science and Engineering
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai	Science and Engineering
Dr. Vijaypal Singh	Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal	Science and Engineering
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan	Science and Engineering
Prof. Jagadish Shukla	Science and Engineering
Ms. Priya Paul	Trade and Industry
Shri Shoji Shiba	Trade and Industry
Shri Gopinath Pillai	Trade and Industry
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia	Trade and Industry
Dr. Swati A. Piramal	Trade and Industry
Prof. Mahdi Hasan	Medicine-Anatomy
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan	Medicine – Diabetology
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair	Medicine – Ayurveda
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan	Medicine – Geriatrics
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh	Medicine – Oncology
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya	Medicine-Healthcare
Dr. Nitya Anand	Medicine – Drugs Research
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore	Medicine – Homoeopathy
Dr. Mukesh Batra	Medicine-Homeopathy
Dr. Eberhard Fischer	Literature and Education
Shri Kedar Gurung	Literature and Education
Shri Surjit Singh Patar	Literature and Education – Poetry
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar	Literature and Education – Journalism
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy	Literature and Education
Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan	Literature and Education
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai	Literature and Education
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai	Literature and Education
Smt. Pepita Seth	Literature and Education
Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia	Literature and Education
Shri Ajeet Bajaj	Sports – Skiing
Smt. Jhulan Goswami	Sports – Women’s Cricket
Shri Zafar Iqbal	Sports-Hockey
Shri Devendra Jhajrija	Sports – Athletics- Paralympics
Shri Limba Ram	Sports – Archery
Shri Syed Mohammed Arif	Sports – Badminton
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi	Sports- Commentary
Shri Prabhakar Vaidya	Sports-Physical Education
Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar	Others-Horticulture
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth	Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection
Shri K Paddayya	Others-Archaeology
Shri Swapan Guha	Others-Ceramics
Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai	Others – Environmental Education

Padma Bhushan Awards 2012

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

Name	Field
Smt. Shabana Azmi	Cinema
Shri Khaled Choudhury	Theatre
Shri Jatin Das	Painting
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta	Instrumental Music – Sarod
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra	Cinema
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan	Classical vocal and instrumental music
Ms. Mira Nair	Cinema
Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan	Instrumental Music-Violin
Shri Anish Kapoor	Sculpture
Shri Satya Narayan Goenka	Social Work
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao	Public Affairs
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo	Public Affairs
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre	Science and Engineering
Dr. M S Raghunathan	Science and Engineering
Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan	Trade and Industry
Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman	Trade and Industry
Dr.Suresh H. Advani	Medicine – Oncology
Dr.Noshir H Wadia	Medicine-Neurology
Dr.Devi Prasad Shetty	Medicine-Cardiology
Prof.(Dr.)Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar	Literature and Education
Prof.Vidya Dehejia	Literature and Education
Prof.Arvind Panagariya	Literature and Education
Dr.Jose Pereira	Literature and Education
Dr.Homi K. Bhabha	Literature and Education
Shri N Vittal	Civil Service
Shri Mata Prasad	Civil Service
Shri Ronen Sen	Civil Service