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DECEMBER THE 14 TH , 2011
National Energy Conservation Day celebrated.
Dhauli Mahotsav, a festival of Indian classical and Odishan folk dances, concluded its
8th edition of yearly celebration in Dhauli.
In an exclusive opinion poll conducted for The Times of India, Ahmedabad bagged the
national award in the category of Best City in the Implementation of Basic Services to
Urban Poor (BSUP) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(JNNURM) scheme.
Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the London Chess Classic's Open Section.
The Lok Sabha passed the amendments to the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines
(Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962. The Bill aims to make provisions for
sufficient deterrence to criminals from committing the offence of pilferage or sabotage.
Canada became the first country to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol,
which was adopted in 1997, is the part of United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, aimed at fighting global warming.
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An international conference on 'Economic policies for Emerging Economies' was
inaugurated to mark the central theme of the week long 'Delhi Economics Conclave-
2011'.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee shot down a major reform proposal to raise the
FDI cap in insurance to 49% citing reasons that it could expose the Indian economy to
vulnerability.
The government has announced that all rural development programmes, including the
flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, would be
brought within the ambit of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).
Australia tops the world rankings for men announced by the International Hockey
Federation. India is placed 10 th .
DECEMBER THE 15 TH , 2011
Sangita Kalanidhi M.S. Subbulakshmi Award presented to mridangam maestro Trichy
Sankaran.
The US military officially ended its mission in Iraq today.
Book: Non-Stop India by journalist-author Mark Tully.
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Nuclear Power Corporation has identified a place for establishing a new nuclear energy
power project in Banswada in Rajasthan.
Ganga-Darshan Festival in Uttarakhand.
The Government of Canada announced that women who aspire for Canadian
citizenship can’t wear burqa or Islamic hijab when they take oath of citizenship.
[Belgium, France, Australia and Netherlands have also banned women from covering
their face in public.]
A previously unknown notebook of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, containing his
poems and other works, dating back to 1928, fetched $1, 70,500 at a Sotheby's auction.
Senior architect Ar Mohammed Aun received a "Glory of India Award & Certificate of
Excellence".
The Smelter Plant of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has bagged the
prestigious National Energy Conservation Award for the year 2011.
Badminton's World governing body has named Malaysia's men's singles player Lee
Chong Wei and China's women's doubles pair Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang as 2011
Players of the Year.
Pentavalent vaccine was rolled out across Kerala, as part of the Universal Immunisation
Programme, making it the first State in the country to include the five-in-one vaccine in
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the national immunisation schedule for infants. It protects children against five diseases
in one shot – diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and Hib.
DECEMBER THE 16 TH , 2011
India and Australia signed an agreement to amend DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement) with the objective of ensuring more effective exchange of financial
information between the two countries. DTAA was signed between India and Australia
in 1991.
Russia joins the World Trade Organization.
The former French President, Jacques Chirac was given a two-year suspended sentence
for misappropriation of public funds and embezzlement.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will organize a week long India Corporate and
Investor Meet from February 6 to 12, 2012 in the five metro cities, namely, Kolkata,
Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi.
Around 148 people died because of the consumption of spurious liquor in West Bengal.
40th Vijay Diwas marking India's military victory over Pakistan in 1971 during the
Indo-Pakistani War celebrated.
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The Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath launched the National
Common Mobility Card (NCMC), by the name ‘More’, on the concluding day of the four
day Urban Mobility India 2011 Conference-Cum-Exhibition.
DECEMBER THE 17 TH , 2011
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's reclusive “Dear Leader” who ruled the country for 17 years,
leading it to nuclear power status but also presiding over a devastating famine, died.
Veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini was named the person of the year by People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA named her the Person of the Year for
raising her voice to oppose cruelty to animals and her staunch commitment to a
vegetarian diet.
On behalf of PETA, she had recently appealed to the minister of Environment and
Forests to take immediate steps to end the cruel tradition of jallikattu. Jallikattu is a sport
event in Tamil Nadu in which terrified bulls are kicked, punched, jumped on, dragged
to the ground and otherwise tormented. In response to this appeal, the Ministry issued a
notification in The Gazette of India stating that bulls could no longer be used as
performing animals.
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Indian woman, Jyoti Amge, measuring just 62.8 centimeters was confirmed as the
world's shortest living woman by the Guinness World Records.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee awarded doctor of literature (honoris
causa) by Punjab University in Chandigarh.
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris
Causa) by Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia Najeeb Jung.
Samsung Electronics has bagged the National Energy Conservation Award-2011 for
energy efficient air-conditioners.
The 12th consecutive annual India-Russia summit concluded in Moscow.
DECEMBER THE 18 TH , 2011
The Sixth Economic Census is conducted on All India basis covering all the States and
UTs in the country. It is scheduled to be conducted during April-Nov’2012.
The Economic Census is known to be one of the most complex and massive
administrative exercises in which all establishments – whether households or nonhouseholds,
big or small, in the Private or Public sector – are enumerated.
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World renowned architect Charles Correa was bestowed with Goa's highest civilian
honour, the Gomant Vibhushan, on the eve of the Golden Jubilee of Goa's Liberation.
Book: The Dancing Girl: A History of Early India by Balaji Sadasivan.
DECEMBER THE 19 TH , 2011
Controversial film, Dam999 directed by Sohan Roy made it to a shortlist for the Oscars
under the Best Picture category. The film is based on a catastrophe caused by a 100-
year-old dam in India.
The Maharashtra government launched the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojana,
enabling families with annual income of less than Rs. 1 lakh to avail free medical
facilities worth Rs. 1.5 lakh.
The Bihar Government launched a slew of schemes for the welfare of the fishermen,
including construction of 2000 houses for them and twin insurance schemes to cover
their life and produces.
Dipika Pallikal claimed her third WISPA title of the year, and fifth overall, when she
overcame a spirited challenge from fourth seed Joey Chan of Hong Kong to win the
seventh Crocodile Challenge Cup squash tournament in Hong Kong.
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DECEMBER THE 19 TH , 2011
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh was inducted into the Union Cabinet as civil
aviation minister.
Jamil Ahmad was declared the winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for 2011 his
book The Wandering Falcon.
Tamil writer Su. Venkatesan, who captured 600 years of history of Madurai between
1310 and 1920 in his debut novel Kaaval Kottam, has won the Sahitya Akademi award
for the year 2011.
KV Varadaraj, Former Olympian & Winner of Gold Medal in 1951 Asian Games passed
away. Varadaraj was nicknamed 6-footer by the English.
India striker Sunil Chhetri was voted Player of the Year by the All India Football
Federation.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi has conferred the Tagore Akademi Ratna award on noted
broadcaster, artist and musicologist Balantrapu Rajanikantha Rao.
Agricultural scientist, Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, and ‘Father of the Green
Revolution' M.S. Swaminathan, will be conferred with the Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt.
Seethadevi Foundation Award.
Archaeological Survey of India celebrates its 150th year.
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DECEMBER THE 20 TH , 2011
The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences chose Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to be
posthumously honoured with a Grammy award for his creative vision and his
contribution to music technology.
The Union cabinet of India approved 4.5% share for minorities within the 27% OBC
quota in jobs and university seats. The approval will come in force from 1 January,
2012.
Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee Report-released in November 2006- had found the
minority community under-represented in all spheres of professional and public life.
India's top nuclear scientist and nuclear physicist PK Iyengar who designed India’s first
atomic bomb passed away.
NASA's Kepler mission discovered the first Earth-size planets, called Kepler-20e and
Kepler-20f, orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system.
DECEMBER THE 21 ST , 2011
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha. The bill was aimed at
setting up the body of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas at the level of the States.
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Government also withdrew earlier Lokpal Bill, 2011 and decided to introduce a new
comprehensive Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 Bill after consideration of the
suggestions made by the Parliamentary Committee, which recommended significant
changes in the scope and content of the earlier Bill.
Jacob E. Goldman, a founder of the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that developed
breakthrough computing innovations died.
Parliament has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill,
2011 to approve the according of Constitutional Scheduled Tribal status to certain
tribes in the North-eastern states of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. The bill includes
six more tribes namely Thangal, Zeme, Mate, Inpui, Liangmai, Rongmei from Manipur
and substitutes Galo in place of Galong in the list of Scheduled tribes in Arunachal
Pradesh.
A 1,000-year-old manuscript, “Nahjul Balagha”, said to be a collection of letters,
speeches and aphorisms of the fourth Caliphate of Islam Hazrat Ali, was released for
publication at Aligarh Muslim University by Iran's former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar
Wilayati.
The one-man Commission of Mukul Mudgal, former Chief Justice of the Punjab and
Haryana High Courts, appointed to probe into issues relating to the prevalence of
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doping in the country, will submit its final report to the Union Government by January
end next year.
DECEMBER THE 23 RD , 2011
As per the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index, India ranked as the most
uncharitable nation of South Asia in 2011. India is the worst performer in South Asia
with a global ranking of 91.
Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Hamid Ansari released two books
Expression of Thoughts (English) and Izhar-e-Khayal (Urdu) authored by K.Rahman
Khan, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Lanco Infratech Limited senior vice-president A. Narasimhan has been awarded the
“Power Brands Hall of Fame” honour for enterprising communication professional of
the year 2011.
Ramdas M. Pai has become the second Indian to be honoured with ‘Datuk', a Malaysian
title. Dr. Pai was conferred the title ‘Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka' on December 10.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan is the other Indian who has been conferred the title.
The honorary title was instituted in 1978 by the Melaka Government. It is awarded to
an individual who has performed highly commendable and meritorious service to the
Malacca State in particular and to Malaysia in general. Dr. Pai was awarded the Padma
Bhushan earlier this year.
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DECEMBER THE 24 TH , 2011
The Haryana Government has decided to introduce a new scheme of issuing electronic
smart cards for farmers in the State. With the issuance of this card, the farmers will not
need to keep a separate record of their yields and income.
The Large Hadron Collider makes its first clear observation of a new particle, the boson
Chib 3P, since opening in 2009.
DECEMBER THE 25 TH , 2011
'The Protester' is the Time's 2011 Person of the Year, as the magazine honoured those
who stood up for common people, from India's anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare to
Tunisia's street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi, who set himself on fire sparking the Arab
Spring.
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Theatre director, screenplay writer and actor Satyadev Dubey, credited with
introducing existential and absurd theatre, passed away.
A Delhi court set 6 February as a deadline for 22 social networking sites including
Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove all anti-religious or anti-social
content. The court directed the social networking sites to file compliance reports by 6
February 2012.
Elections to the Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assemblies will
be held over the three months of January, February and March 2012.
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday to be celebrated as Good Governance Day by
Lok Abhiyan.
DECEMBER THE 26 TH , 2011
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Sarekoppa Bangarappa passed away.
Indonesia’s experienced shuttler, Taufik Hidayat, won his first Men’s Singles title of
2011 at the 2011 Syed Modi India Open Grand Prix Gold badminton championship
when he defeated Sourabh Verma of India.
Book: Jailed Without Crime - Untold Story of Emergency by Veteran Journalist M.L. Kak.
It is an account of the Emergency of 1975.
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DECEMBER THE 27 TH , 2011
150th Birth Anniversary of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya commemorated.
Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare begins a three day fast in protest as
legislation creating an anti-corruption watchdog excluding the Central Bureau of
Investigation goes before the Parliament of India.
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