BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summits1. 4th BRICS Summit 2012 New Delhi, India1. 5th BRICS Summit 2013 Durban, South AfricaG-8 Annual SummitsGroup of Eight (G8) Countries France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia.1. 37th G8 Meeting 2011 Deauville, France1. 38th G8 Meeting 2012 David camp, USA1. 39th G8 Summit 2013 County Fermanagh, UK1. 40th G8 Summit 2014 RussiaG-20 Summits1. 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los Cabos, Mexico1. 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia1. 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, AustraliaSAARC SummitsSAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation1. 17th SAARC Summit 2011 Addu, Maldives1. 18th SAARC Summit 2013 Kathmandu,NepalASEAN SummitsASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation1. 19th ASEAN Summit 2011 (November) Bali, Indonesia1. 20th ASEAN Summit 2012 (April) Phnom penh, Cambodia1. 21th ASEAN Summit 2012 (November) Phnom penh, CambodiaASEAN-India Summit1. 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia1. 10th ASEAN-India Summit 2012 Phnom penh, CambodiaEast Asia Summit (EAS)EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders meetings.1. 6th East Asia Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia1. 7th East Asia Summit 2012 Phnom penh, CambodiaIBSA SummitsIBSA Dialogue Forum - India, Brazil, South Africa.1. 5th IBSA Summit 2011 Pretoria, South Africa1. 6th IBSA Summit 2013 IndiaAPEC SummitsAPEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation1. 23rd APEC summit 2011 Honolulu, USA1. 24th APEC Summit 2012 Vladivostok,Russia1. 25th APEC Summit 2013 Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia1. 26th APEC Summit 2014 China1. 27th APEC Summit 2015 Philippines1. 28th APEC Summit 2016 Lima, PeruOPEC SeminarsOPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries1. 4th OPEC International Seminar 2009 Vienna, Austria1. 5th OPEC International Seminar 2012 Vienna, AustriaNAM SummitsNAM Non-aligned Movement1. 16th NAM Summit 2012 Tehran, Iran1. 17th NAM Summit 2015 Caracas,VenezuelaSCO MeetingsSCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization1. SCO Meeting 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan1. SCO Meeting 2012 Beijing, China1. SCO Meeting 2013 KyrgyzstanNATO (North Atlantic treaty organization) international conference on Afghanistan will be held in Chicago (USA)

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual MeetingsAnnual meeting of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) held every year.1. ADB Annual Meeting 2012 Manila, Philippines1. ADB Annual Meeting 2013 New Delhi, IndiaWTO Ministerial Conferences1. 8th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2011 Geneva, Switzerland1. 9th WTO Ministerial Conferences 2013 (Expected) -Bali, Indonesia1. The 58th annual meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) was held from 8 to 12 Feb 2012 in Kolkata1. The national conference on Governance was held on 29 Jan 2012 at the NCUI auditorium in New Delhi.1. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated 15th Global Sanskrit Meetings in New Delhi on 4 January 2012.1. 99th Science Congress Conferences were inaugarated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bhuvaneswar, Odisha on 3 January 2012. Apart from this all the environmental summits ,nuclear summits are also importantDr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission.Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha.Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha.Mr. K. Rahman Khan: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.Mr. Karia Munda: Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha.Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha).Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha).Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.Mr. V. S. Sampath: Chief Election CommissionerMr. Harishankar Brahma : Election Commissioner.Mr.Shashi Kant Sharma: Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC)Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary.Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister .Mr. Justice M. N. Rao: Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes.Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child RightsDr. Buta Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled CastesMs. Urmila Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC.Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF).Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security).Mr. S. C. Sinha : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA).Mr.Syed Asif Ibrahim Director, IB.Mr.Ranjit Sinha: Director, CBI.Mr.Alok Joshi: Director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).Mr. R. K. Medhekar : Director-General, NSG.Prof. Ved Prakash : Chairman, UGC.Mr. V. K. Saraswat : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation.Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.Mr. K. Radhakrishnan: Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO.Mr. Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy.Mr. Wajahat Habibullah: Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities.Mr. Satyanand Mishra : Chief Information Commissioner.Mr. N. K. Raghupathy : Chairman, SSC.Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research.Mr. C. Chandramouli : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner.Mr. P. V. Reddy : Chairman, Law Commission.Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao : Governor, RBI.Mr. Justice G. N. Ray: Chairman, Press Council of IndiaDr. Poonam Kishore Saxena: Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).Mr. A. K. Singh: Chairman, Central Board of ExciseandCustoms.Justice Arijit Pasayat : Chairperson, Competition Appellate TribunalMr. S. K. Garg : CMD, NHPC.Mr. R. S. Sharma: CMD, ONGC.Mr. U. D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL.Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC.Mr. N. M. Borah: CMD, Oil India Ltd.Mr. Ashok Ganguly: Chairman, CBSE.Mr. U. K. Sinha: Chairman, SecuritiesandExchange Board of India.Mr. Prakash Bakshi: Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri : Chairman, SBI.Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI.Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India's Permanent Representative to UN.Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC.Ms. Mamta Sharma : Chairperson, National Commission for Women.Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar: Chairman, 13th Finance Commission.Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar : Chairman, National Statistical Commission.Ms. Shafmila Tagore : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification.Dr. Gautam Sengupta : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India.Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai: President, FICCI.Mr. J. S. Sarma: Chairman, TRAI Mr. R. N. Das : Director, Enforcement Directorate.Mr. Yogesh Agarwal: Chairman, Pension Fund RegulatoryandDevelopment Authority.Mr. Pradeep Kumar: Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.Mr. Suresh Kalmadi : President, Indian Olympic Association.Prof. Krishan Kumar: Director, NCERT.Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan: President, CII. Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission.Mr. Rajiv Takru : CEO, Prasar Bharti Board.Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission.Mr. N. Srinivasan : President, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).Mr. Rajendra Pawar : Chairman, NASSCOM.Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot : President, ASSOCHAM.Mr. Ramesh Sippy : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India.Mr. N. Ravi : Chairman, PTI.Mr. Hormusji N. Cama: President, Indian Newspaper Society.Mr. Dilip Modi : President, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).Mr. Vinod Rai : Chairman, Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)60th National Film Awards for the films released in the year 2012 have been announced. Here are the list of winners-

Best Actor : Irfan Khan for Pan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi).

Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi film 'Dhag'.

Best Hindi Feature Film : - Paan Singh Tomar.

Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment: Vicky Donor & Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).

Best Special Effects: Eega

Best Non-Feature Film: Shepherd's of Paradise.

Best Film on Environment: Black Forest (Malayalam).

List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced 24 February, 2013 in Los Angeles:1. Best Picture : "Argo."2. Actor : Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln."3. Actress : Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook."4. Supporting Actor : Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."5. Supporting Actress : Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables."6. Directing : Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."7. Foreign Language Film : "Amour."8. Adapted Screenplay : Chris Terrio, "Argo."9. Original Screenplay : Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained."10. Animated Feature Film : "Brave."11. Production Design : "Lincoln."12. Cinematography : "Life of Pi."13. Sound Mixing : "Les Miserables."14. Sound Editing (tie) : "Skyfall," ''Zero Dark Thirty."15. Original Score : "Life of Pi," Mychael Danna.16. Original Song : "Skyfall" from "Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.17. Costume : "Anna Karenina."18. Documentary Feature : "Searching for Sugar Man."19. Documentary (short subject) : "Inocente."20. Film Editing : "Argo."21. Makeup and Hairstyling : "Les Miserables."22. Animated Short Film : "Paperman."23. Live Action Short Film : "Curfew."24. Visual Effects : "Life of Pi."

Indian Ramon Magsaysay Award WinnersNeelima Mishra2011Emergent Leadership

Harish Hande2011Emergent Leadership

Kulandei Francis2012Community Leadership

Forbes World's Most Powerful Women 20131. Angela Merkel (Chancellor, Germany)2. Dilma Rousseff (President, Brazil)3. Melinda Gates (Cochair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, United States)4. Michelle Obama (First Lady, United States)5. Hillary Clinton (Personality, Philanthropist, United States)6. Sheryl Sandberg (COO, Facebook, United States)7. Christine Lagarde (Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, France)8. Janet Napolitano (Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, United States)9. Sonia Gandhi (President, Indian National Congress, India)10. Indra Nooyi (CEO, PepsiCo, United States)

Heads of Important Offices (World) 2013

Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation. Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro : First Deputy Secretary-General, UN. Robert Zoellick : President, World Bank. Christine Lagarde: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ms. Irina Bokova: Director-General-UNESCO. Dr. Margaret Chan: Director-General, WHO. Jose Graziano da Silva : Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation. (w.e.f. January 2012) Juan Somavia : Director-General, International Labour Organisation. Anthony Lake : Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Antonio Guterres : UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Helen Clark : Administrator, United Nations Development Programme. Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi : Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Hisashi Owada: President, International Court of Justice. Haruhiko Kuroda: President, Asian Development Bank. Donald Kaberuka : President, African Development Bank. Jacques Rogge: President, International Olympic Committee. Kamalesh Sharma: Secretary-General, Commonwealth. Thomas Yayi Boni : Chairman, African Union Assembly. Erastus Mwencha : Chairman, African Commission. Pascal Lamy : Director-General, WTO. Ms. Navanethan Pillay : High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights. Herman Van Rompuy : President, European Union Alan Isaac: President, International Cricket Council. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso: President, European Commission. Kandeh K. Yumkella : Director-General, UNIDO. Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani: Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation Council. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu : Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference. Abdallah Salem El-Badri: Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Jose Miguel Insulza Salinas: Secretary-General, Organisation of American States. Hifikepunye Pohamba : President, South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO). Mr. Yukiya Amano : Director- General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Anders Fogh Rasmussen : Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Hashim Abdul Halim : Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin : Executive Director, UNFPA. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan : Secretary-General, ASEAN. Ms. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed : Secretary-General, SAARC Lamine Diack : President, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). Salil Shetty: Secretary-General, Amnesty International. Lt.-Gen.Chikadibia Obiakor: Military Adviser to UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Hosni Mubarak: Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement.

States CapitalsGovernorsChief Ministers

(1) Andhra PradeshHyderabadMr. E.S.L.NarasimhanMr. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy

(2) Arunachal PradeshItanagarLieutenant General (Retd) Nirbhay SharmaMr. Nabam Tuki

(3) AssamDispurMr. J. B. PatnaikMr. Tarun Gogoi

(4) BiharPatnaMr. D. Y. PatilMr. Nitish Kumar

(5) ChhattisgarhRaipurMr. Shekhar DuttDr. Raman Singh

(6) GoaPanajiMr. B.V. WanchooMr. Manohar Parrikar

(7) GujaratGandhinagarDr. Kamla BeniwalMr. Narendra Modi

(8) HaryanaChandigarhMr. Jagannath PahadiaMr. Bhupinder S. Hooda

(9) Himachal PradeshShimlaMs. Urmila SinghMr. Prem Kumar Dhumal

(10) Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)Mr. N. N. VohraMr. Omar Abdullah

(11) JharkhandRanchiDr. Syed Ahmed Mr. Arjun Munda

(12) KarnatakaBengaluruMr. Hans Raj BhardwajMr. Siddaramaiah

(13) KeralaThiruvananthapuramMr. Nikhil Kumar Shri. Oommen Chandy

(14) Madhya PradeshBhopalMr. Ram Naresh YadavMr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan

(15) MaharashtraMumbaiMr. K. Sankaranarayan Mr. Prithviraj Chavan

(16) ManipurImphalMr. Gurbachan JagatMr.Okram Ibobi Singh

(17) MeghalayaShillongMr. R. S. MooshaharyMr. Mukul A. Sangma

(18) MizoramAizawlMr. Vakkom PurushothamanMr. Lal Thanhawla

(19) NagalandKohimaMr. Ashwani KumarMr. Neiphiu Rio

(20)OdishaBhubaneswarMr. S.C. JamirMr. Naveen Patnaik

(21) PunjabChandigarhMr. Shivraj V. PatilMr. Parkash Singh Badal

(22) RajasthanJaipurMs. Margaret Alva Mr. Ashok Gehlot

(23) SikkimGangtokMr. Balmiki Prasad SinghMr. Pawan Chamling

(24) Tamil NaduChennaiMr. K RosaiahMs. Jayalalithaa

(25) TripuraAgartalaMr. Devanand KonwarMr. Manik Sarkar

(26) UttarakhandDehradunDr. Aziz QureshiMr. Vijay Bahuguna

(27) Uttar PradeshLucknowMr. B. L. JoshiMr. Akhilesh Yadav

(28) West BengalKolkataMr. M. K. NarayananMs. Mamata Banerjee

Cabinet Ministers Dr. Manmohan Singh : Prime Minister, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Planning, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of SpaceBeni Prasad Verma : SteelJairam Ramesh : Rural DevelopmentV. Kishore Chandra Deo : Panchayati Raj, Tribal AffairsPalaniappan Chidambaram : FinanceMallikarjun Kharge:RailwaysSharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar : Agriculture, Food Processing IndustriesA. K. Antony : DefenceSushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde : Home AffairsSalman Khurshid : External Affairs Jaipal Sudini Reddy : Science and Technology, Earth SciencesGhulam Nabi Azad : Health and Family WelfareDr. Farooq Abdullah : New and Renewable EnergyDr.(Shri) M. Veerappa Moily : Petroleum and Natural GasVayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian AffairsAjit Singh : Civil Aviation Sis Ram Ola: Labour and Employment Dr. M. Mangapati Pallam Raju : Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal : Communications and Information Technology,Law and; Justice (Additional charge)Anand Sharma : Commerce and IndustryK. S. Rao:TextilesOscar Fernandes: Road Transport and HighwaysGirija Vyas: Housing, Urban Development and Poverty AlleviationSmt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch : CultureG. K. Vasan : ShippingKamal Nath : Urban Development, Parliamentary AffairsHarish Rawat : Water ResourcesKumari Selja : Social Justice and EmpowermentM. K. Alagiri : Chemicals and Fertilizers Praful Manoharbhai Patel : Heavy Industries and Public EnterprisesSriprakash Jaiswal : CoalK. Rahman Khan : Minority AffairsDinsha J. Patel : Mines

Ministers of State with Independent ChargeSmt. Krishna Tirath : Women and Child DevelopmentJitendra Singh : Youth Affairs and SportsProf. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public DistributionSrikant Kumar Jena : Statistics and Programme ImplementationSmt. Jayanthi Natarajan : Environment and ForestsManish Tewari : Information and BroadcastingPaban Singh Ghatowar : Development of North Eastern RegionDr. K. Chiranjeevi : TourismBharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki : Drinking Water and SanitationJyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia : PowerK.H. Muniyappa : Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesSachin Pilot : Corporate Affairs

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